United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 43541
Post Office Card Account
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6 September 2021
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9 September 2021 · Answer
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9 September 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants currently hold Post Office Card Accounts; what assessment her Department has made of the impact on claimants of ending their use for benefit and pension payments from November
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6 September 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants currently hold Post Office Card Accounts; what assessment her Department has made of the impact on claimants of ending their use for benefit and pension payments from November
Source: Commons
9 September 2021
Answer
In 2015 there was circa 2.3m active Post Office Card Accounts (POca) users, which has now reduced to less than 350k. The Department has a dedicated team, the Financial Inclusion Customer Contact Centre, to support all Post Office Card Account customers to...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-06/43541
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1352874
- uk · wq-1352874 · source updated 9 September 2021