Post Office Card Account
(asked on 13th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
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.
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 |