HC Deb 08 July 2002 vol 388 cc759-61W
Mr. Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many persons in receipt of retirement pension, in each parliamentary constituency in(a) Scotland and (b) Wales receive payment of their benefits (i) directly into their bank accounts and (ii) through local sub-post offices. [58125]

Mr. McCartney

The table sets out information on how retirement pensioners in parliamentary constituencies in Wales and Scotland are paid. It is not possible to say exactly how many people receive their payments at a post office because some people choose to pay a girocheque directly into a bank/building society account.

The information supplied is a snapshot during September 2001 and separates payments made by order book and girocheque, which are normally cashed at Post Offices, and payments made directly into bank/building society accounts by means of automated credit transfer (ACT).

RP cases by method of payment and parliamentary constituency
Thousands
September 2001 All Can be cashed at the post office Paid by Act
Wales 564.0 396.9 167.0
Aberavon 13.3 10.7 2.6
Alyn and Deeside 13.1 8.1 4.9
Blaenau Gwent 12.9 10.5 2.4
Brecon and Radnorshire 14.7 9.4 5.3
Bridgend 15.3 10.5 4.8
Caernarfon 13.6 9.8 3.7
Caerphilly 13.7 10.5 3.1
Cardiff Central 14.8 9.2 5.6
Cardiff North 12.0 7.3 4.8
Cardiff South and Penarth 14.7 10.3 4.5
Cardiff West 13.2 9.0 4.2
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 15.2 11.4 3.9
Carmarthen West and South 15.2 10.0 5.3
Pembrokeshire — — —
Ceredigion 14.8 8.9 5.9
Clwyd South 12.4 9.2 3.3
Clwyd West 18.6 11.0 7.6
Conwy 15.9 10.0 5.9
Cynon Valley 11.8 9.8 1.9
Delyn 12.6 7.4 5.1
Gower 16.2 10.9 5.3
Islwyn 12.3 10.3 2.0
Llanelli 16.1 13.3 2.9
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 10.9 7.3 3.6
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 12.0 10.3 1.8
Monmouth 17.8 10.1 7.7
Montgomeryshire 11.5 7.8 3.8
Neath 13.8 11.3 2.5
Newport East 13.9 9.5 4.5
Newport West 14.0 9.5 4.5
Ogmore 11.3 9.3 2.1
Pontypridd 13.9 10.5 3.4
Preseli Pembrokeshire 14.9 9.4 5.5
Rhondda 14.8 12.9 1.9
Swansea East 14.0 11.4 2.6
Swansea West 15.9 11.2 4.7
Torfaen 13.6 10.3 3.3
Vale of Clwyd 15.8 10.4 5.4
Vale of Glamorgan 17.2 10.5 6.7
Wrexham 11.7 7.8 3.9
Ynys Mon 14.5 9.9 4.6
Scotland 911.9 570.3 340.8
Aberdeen Central 11.4 6.8 4.5
Aberdeen North 10.8 6.6 4.3
Aberdeen South 14.2 7.4 6.9
Airdrie and Shotts 11.9 9.0 2.8
Angus 15.5 8.9 6.6
Argyll and Bute 13.6 7.8 5.8
Ayr 15.4 8.9 6.5
Banff and Buchan 13.2 9.0 4.2
Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross 10.4 6.4 3.9
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley 15.6 10.9 4.7
Central Fife 13.7 9.0 4.7
Clydebank and Milngavie 13.6 7.9 5.7
Clydesdale 14.8 9.8 5.1
Coatbridge and Chryston 11.3 8.9 2.4
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 8.9 5.9 3.0
Cunninghame North 14.4 8.6 5.8
Cunninghame South 10.3 7.2 3.1

RP cases by method of payment and parliamentary constituency
Thousands
September All Can he cashed at the post office Paid by ACT
Dumbarton 12.4 7.7 4.8
Dumfries 15.8 9.1 6.7
Dundee East 15.5 10.1 5.4
Dundee West 12.7 8.4 4.3
Dunfermline East 11.4 8.2 3.2
Dunfermline West 11.3 7.5 3.8
East Kilbride 15.3 8.7 6.6
East Lothian 15.4 9.0 6.3
Eastwood 17.0 7.6 9.3
Edinburgh Central 11.3 6.6 4.7
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 13.5 8.5 4.9
Edinburgh North and Leigh 10.9 6.3 4.6
Edinburgh Pentlands 12.7 5.8 6.9
Edinburgh South 13.5 7.6 5.8
Edinburgh West 15.7 6.7 9.0
Falkirk East 13.1 8.7 4.4
Falkirk West 12.4 7.9 4.4
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 15.2 8.7 6.5
Glasgow Anniesland 13.8 9.5 4.3
Glasgow Baillieston 10.1 7.9 2.2
Glasgow Cathcart 11.4 7.3 4.1
Glasgow Govan 8.5 6.2 2.3
Glasgow Kelvin 9.4 6.7 2.7
Glasgow Maryhill 9.9 8.0 1.9
Glasgow Pollok 12.9 9.7 3.1
Glasgow Rutherglen 12.8 9.0 3.8
Glasgow Shettleston 10.4 9.2 1.2
Glasgow Springburn 11.7 9.7 2.0
Gordon 13.0 7.5 5.6
Greenock and Inverclyde 13.0 8.8 4.1
Hamilton North and Bellshill 9.5 7.3 2.2
Hamilton South 9.9 7.3 2.6
Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber 16.6 8.8 7.9
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 15.7 10.5 5.2
Kirkcaldy 12.9 8.6 4.3
Linlithgow 11.1 7.2 3.8
Livingston 10.3 6.6 3.7
Midlothian 11.1 7.1 4.0
Moray 13.9 8.1 5.8
Motherwell and Wishaw 13.2 10.2 3.0
North East Fife 14.8 7.9 6.9
North Tayside 17.3 9.4 7.9
Ochil 11.8 7.0 4.8
Orkney and Shetland 7.6 4.9 2.7
Paisley North 11.2 7.7 3.5
Paisley South 13.0 8.9 4.1
Perth 16.0 8.2 7.8
Ross Skye and Inverness West 13.4 7.9 5.5
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 13.3 7.8 5.5
Stirling 12.7 6.8 5.9
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 13.9 6.4 7.4
Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale 12.6 6.4 6.3
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 12.5 6.5 6.0
West Renfrewshire 11.1 6.9 4.1
Western Isles 5.1 4.2 1.0