AQW 22174/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 10/09/2021
Answered On Date: 27/09/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities how many people in receipt of benefits or state pension, who have not registered a bank account with her Department, still rely on a Post Office Card Account.

Answer:

As of 31 August 2021, the Department for Communities had c34k customers using the Post Office card account (POca) to receive their benefit and pension payments.