§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans his Department has to abolish the Giro payment system for social security benefits. [62622]
§ Mr. DenhamThis Department is presently working with Post Office Counters Ltd. and ICL Pathway, the Private Finance Initiative supplier, on a project to replace girocheques and order books with a magnetic stripe card for people who wish to collect their benefit at the Post Office.