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Mr. Robathan
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many Giro benefit cheques are lost each week. [37171]
Mr. Heald
The information requested is available only on an annual basis. In the year 1994–95 the following losses were recorded:
| Number of losses | |
| Department of Social Security issued girocheques reported lost | 125,973 |
| Department of Employment issued girocheques reported lost | 313,285 |