The Government has not set a target for the total number of free ATMs in the UK. Decisions on the building and placement of ATMs are operational decisions for the industry to take, and the Government does not seek to intervene in these decisions. Since December 2006, LINK (the ATM network operator) has been receiving and forwarding site nominations to place free ATMs in low-income areas. As a result of this, 840 new free-to-use ATMs have been installed, helping consumers in over 1,300 target areas. The industry invests an extra £830,000 per year to maintain these machines. The Government does not hold information on the number ATMs operated on a pay-to-use basis and a free-to-use basis. However, Link holds information on the number of ATMs connected to the Link network, which is effectively all ATMs in the UK. This information can be found at the following link: http://www.link.co.uk/AboutLINK/Statistics/Pages/Statistics.aspx