HC Deb 22 April 1999 vol 329 cc639-40W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if the installation of bar-code scanners for girocheques in post offices is a term of the Department' s contract with the Post Office. [81696]

Angela Eagle

The installation of bar-code scanners in post offices is not a term of the Department's contracts with Post Office Counters Ltd. (POCL), nor is it a term of the Department's contract with Girobank plc who, in turn, contract with POCL for the encashment of girocheques at post offices.