§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department last had discussions with Post Office management on the subject of automated credit transfer of the benefits business. [108050]
§ Mr. Alan Johnson[holding answer 1 February 2000]: My right hon. Friend and I have frequent discussion with Post Office management about a wide range of issues including the Horizon project to automate the post office network and the planned migration of payment of benefits from order books and girocheques to an automated credit transfer system.