Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 21 July 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what arrangements are in place to allow for the payment of universal credit to those without a bank or building society account; and if he will make a statement.
For those without a bank or building society, the Department can pay universal credit into a credit union current account, Post Office card account or by Simple Payment.
A Simple Payment is a cash transfer service, which has been designed to pay those people who DWP cannot pay into any type of account.
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