§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the effects on pensioners who receive their pensions by direct credit to bank accounts of strike action currently being undertaken by his Department's staff at Newcastle.
§ Dr. BoysonUnder the emergency arrangements now in operation, direct crediting is continuing to the accounts of those pensioners who were being paid by the credit transfer method before the industrial action began. If, however, a credit does not arrive on the expected date, the pensioner should contact his local social security office.
Pensioners who had applied for payment by credit transfer, but for whom no credit had been made before the industrial action began, should contact their local social security office. They should take their old order book with them, if they have one.