§ 32. Mr. Atkinsasked the Postmaster-General how many complaints he has had in the last twelve months of the interest due to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank being wrongly calculated; and whether he has in mind any alteration in the methods used to calculate interest in order to ensure complete accuracy.
§ Mr. MarplesThere were some 900 cases, representing roughly 1 in every 25,000 accounts. We are constantly trying to improve performance under the present clerical method of calculation. No alternative method which would be economic has yet been found.