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Written question asked by John Leech (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 6 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2006. It was answered by James Plaskitt (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Post Office Card Account

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Manchester, Withington, use a Post Office card account to receive (a) state retirement pension, (b) pension credit and (c) other benefits.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested.The following table shows the number of DWP benefit and pension payment accounts that were being paid by direct payment into a Post Office card account at 24 December 2005.These figures do not include Post Office card accounts used by other Government Departments to pay benefits and tax credits.

Parliamentary constituency—Withington, Manchester
Number
State retirement pension 2,000
Pension credit 1,600
Other benefits 3,000
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

Figures refer to benefit and pension payment accounts live and in payment on the specified date. People in receipt of more than one benefit/pension have been counted for each separate benefit/pension in payment. People who have their benefit/pension combined and paid at the same time have only been counted through the paying benefit.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50374; 443 c256W;443 c256-7W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Pension credit Social security benefits State retirement pensions Post office card account Manchester Withington
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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