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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in (a) the Selly Oak constituency and (b) Birmingham draw their benefits at (i) post offices and (ii) banks or building societies; and what change there has been in the last six months. [110486] Malcolm Wicks: The information is not available in the format requested. Information available prior to 28 December 2002 has not been geographically referenced. Information provided in the requested format has been compiled from the data available on 28 December 2002 and 22 March 2003 respectively, and are shown in the following tables: 1. Pensioners in the Selly Oak constituency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. From data available on: Total number of pensioners Drawing at least one benefit at Drawing at least one benefit at receiving benefit(s) a post office a bank or building society 28 December 2002 14,974 8,582 7,157 22 March 2003 14,877 8,413 7,202 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2. Pensioners in Birmingham Local Authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. From data available on: Total number of pensioners Drawing at least one benefit at Drawing at least one benefit at receiving benefit(s) a post office a bank or building society 28 December 2002 160,619 102,958 65,324 22 March 2003 160,021 101,533 66,218 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

110486; 404 c543W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Banks Building societies Birmingham Pensioners Pensions Payments Post offices State retirement pensions Payment methods

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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