Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many balance checks for Post Office card accounts were undertaken in each of the last five years at (a) ATMs and (b) Post Office counters.
Balance enquiry figures for Post Office card accounts in the last five years are:
ATM Balance Enquiry's | Counter Balance Enquiry's | |
2009/10 | No ATM service | 1,130,724 |
2010/11 | No ATM service | 12,721,201 |
2011/12 | 4,467,817 | 11,471,310 |
2012/13 | 15,427,714 | 11,095,061 |
2013/14 | 15,994,130 | 9,897,175 |
2014/15 | 8,253,153 | 4,569,642 |