§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities enable all their employees to receive their pay through banks or similar institutions rather than in cash.
§ Mr. KingThis information is not held centrally. However, the Chief Inspector of Audit in his report for 1979–80, published on 25 November, describes an audit review which indicates the local authorities generally enable non-manual employees to be paid by non-cash methods but that payment of manual employees in cash is, for various reasons, still a common practice.