Written question asked by Clive Betts (Labour) on Thursday, 11 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2008. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Pensions: Sheffield

Question: (2) how many pensioners in Sheffield collect their pensions from their local post office.

Answer: The information is not available in the format requested.Information available at April 2008 shows that in Sheffield around 62,000 pensioners were being paid their state pension by direct credit to their bank or building society accounts and around 18,500 were being paid into a Post Office card account.Many of the 62,000 pensioners paid into a bank account may still choose to collect their cash from the Post Office using one of the 25 or so bank and building society accounts that can be accessed over the counter at Post Office branches.

Secondary information