§ Brian WhiteTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress his Department has made to manage the changeover from he Bank Automated Clearing System to the new BACSTEL-IP system for electronic payments. [164322]
§ Mr. PondThe Department is not part of the current programme to move to the new BACSTEL-IP method of transmitting data for benefit payments. DWP has a full and active liaison in place with its sponsor bank and BACS Ltd., to change over to another new system within a longer timeframe.