§ Mr. Macleanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether pensioners who have not called to collect their pension on the week it was due are permitted to draw those pensions which have accumulated over those weeks;
(2) if he has taken steps to notify pensioners who have not collected their pensions on the week when it fell due, that they will not be able to collect it until after the dispute is over.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Department's publicity on the emergency payment arrangements has emphasised the need for pensioners who are usually paid by order book to collect their payments every week as the post office can pay only one week's pension at a time. Pensioners who do not collect their emergency payments every week can either obtain their missed payments from their local social security office or obtain the arrears through the post office when normal service is resumed at the end of the disruption.