AQW 11092/11-15
Mr Conall McDevitt
Social Democratic and Labour Party
South Belfast
Tabled Date: 30/04/2012
Answered On Date: 09/05/2012
Priority Written: Yes
Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel, pursuant to AQW 10413/11-15 and AQW 10754/11-15, to detail (i) the name of the payment provider that processes Land and Property Services payments; and (ii) how much has been paid to the payment provider in each year since the introduction of the option to pay by credit/debit card.
Answer:
Santander is the organisation that provides internet and telephone payment services to LPS. The total amount paid by LPS to Santander for debit card transactions from 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2012 is set out in following table. Table: Transaction Costs paid to Santander 2010 to 2012 for debit card payments Year | Cost | No. of Transactions | 2010-11 | £1,462.52 | 4,958 | 2011-12 | £7,837.85 | 26,663 | Total | £9,300.37 | 31,621 |
Transaction fees for credit card payments are charged directly to the customer by Santander. LPS does not pay or administer these charges. As LPS is not invoiced for these charges, it cannot provide exact figures as for debit card payments. However, on the basis of the amount of money collected by LPS from credit card payments, it is estimated that charges to customers in 2011-12 were approximately £32,000 for 2,498 transactions.
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