Post Office Card Account

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered on 20th October 2014.

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Fiona O'Donnell Labour, East Lothian

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card accounts have been (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last 10 years.

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Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 20 October 2014, cW)

Steve Webb The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

Details of the number of Post Office card accounts opened and closed in each of the last 10 years are below:

	Opened	Closed
Oct 04 -Mar 05	1,154,012	38,303
Apr 05- Mar 06	176,180	348,291
Apr 06- Mar 07	148,422	320,478
Apr 07 - Mar 08	132,322	320,922
Apr 08 -Mar 09	153,431	341,879
Apr 09 - Sept 09	77,677	168,861
Oct 09 - Mar 10	78,692	256,177
Apr 10 - Mar 11	109,573	465,574
Apr 11 -Mar 12	102,683	315,729
Apr 12- Mar13	104,145	302,692
Apr 13 -Mar 14	50,764	298,230
Apr 14- Sept 14	17,995	148,520

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(Citation: HC Deb, 20 October 2014, cW)