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Social Security Benefits: Payments

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of benefit payments to people resident in Chesterfield constituency were paid into a Post Office card account in each of the last five years. (309015)

The figures are not available in the format requested.

The following table shows the number and percentage of benefit accounts paid into a Post Office card account (POca) in the Chesterfield constituency in each of the last five years. Benefit accounts will have multiple transactions and may include payment of more than one benefit.

All POca

Percentage paid by POca

2005

10,400

27

2006

10,180

26

2007

9,670

25

2008

9,180

23

2009

8,920

22

Source:

DWP, Information Directorate, 100 per cent. data