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Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 20 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 July 2004. It was answered by Chris Pond (Labour) on Thursday, 22 July 2004 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Dept for Work and Pensions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, into how many bank accounts pensions are directly paid. - Inc fact that the information is not available in the format requested.
Answer

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions into how many bank accounts pensions are directly paid. [186250] Mr. Pond: The information is not available in the format requested. However, information is available to show that, as at 15 May 2004, 6,794,800 pensions accounts were paid by direct payment. Included in his total are 377,130 payments direct into a Post Office card account.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
424 c448W;424 c449W; 186250
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Bank services Pensions Payments Automated credit transfer Payment methods
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk