To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of recipients of child benefit draw it from post offices (a) nationally and (b) in Oxfordshire. (163338)

[holding answer 14 November 2007]: Around 8 per cent. of all child benefit recipients were paid using a Post Office Card Account (POCA) at August 2007.

Sub-national estimates are not yet available for August 2007. At August 2006 around 5 per cent. of customers in Oxfordshire were paid using a POCA account.