Written question asked by Peter Duncan (Conservative) 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 Jane Kennedy (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, what proportion of pension credit payments are being paid into Post Office Card Accounts.

Answer: Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of pension credit payments are being paid into Post Office card accounts. [186257] Jane Kennedy: At 30 June the number of live pension credit accounts was 2,548,895, of which 198,230 or 7.8 per cent. were paid to a Post Office card account. Of the total, 893,835 were not previously receiving minimum income guarantee. Of these cases, 40,110, or 4.5 per cent. were being paid to a Post Office card account.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c445W;424 c445-6W; 186257
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Bank services Pension credit Payments Recipients Post offices State retirement pensions Post office card account Automated credit transfer
Contains statistics: Yes
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