(2) how many benefit and pension accounts are paid into a Post Office Card Account in (a) Kingston and Surbiton constituency, (b) the Royal Borough of Kingston and (c) each local authority ward in the Royal Borough of Kingston; and what estimate he has made of the number of claimants in each such area who have more than one account.
Information is not available in the precise format requested.
The table shows the number of benefit and pension accounts paid into a Post Office card account in (a) Kingston and Surbiton constituency and (b) the Royal borough of Kingston and (c) each council ward in the Royal borough of Kingston.
Claimants can only have one Post Office card account but can have more than one benefit paid into that account.
All Other benefit State pension Kingston and Surbiton constituency 3,160 1,710 1,450 Royal borough of Kingston 3,970 2,160 1,820 Wards within Royal borough of Kingston Alexandra 190 80 110 Berrylands 300 160 140 Beverley 260 160 110 Canbury 240 160 80 Chessington North and Hook 340 170 180 Chessington South 320 140 180 Coombe Hill 200 100 100 Coombe Vale 200 100 100 Grove 240 160 80 Norbiton 440 290 150 Old Maiden 270 120 150 St. James 220 110 120 St. Marks 140 90 50 Surbiton Hill 150 90 70 Tolworth and Hook Rise 290 160 130 Tudor 160 80 80 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 therefore may not add up due to rounding. 2. Figures refer to payment accounts live and in payment as at 12 April 2008. Claimants with more than one account will be counted for each account. 3. Child benefit is administered by HM Revenue and Customs and war pensions are administered by MOD. These benefits have therefore been excluded. Source: DWP, Information Directorate