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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-08more like thismore than 2020-01-08
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading National Savings and Investments more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds, and on whose authority, the National Savings and Investments Agency makes a decision to dishonour a cheque. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Tebbit more like this
uin HL238 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-17more like thismore than 2020-01-17
answer text <p>National Savings and Investments (NS&amp;I) comply with the law relating to cheques. There are several circumstances in which NS&amp;I would reject a cheque. These include the cheque being unsigned by the customer, out of date, or defaced. The Director of Savings, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of NS&amp;I, is the authority responsible for administering this policy.</p><p> </p><p>Premium Bond prize warrants are legally similar to cheques. As with cheques, they can be rejected if a duplicate has been issued. Due to an administrative error, a number of duplicate Premium Bond prize warrants were issued to customers in the October 2019 prize draw. NS&amp;I have since updated their processes to prevent this error occurring in future prize draws.</p> more like this
answering member printed The Earl of Courtown more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-17T13:10:16.113Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-17T13:10:16.113Z
answering member
3359
label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown more like this
tabling member
952
label Biography information for Lord Tebbit more like this