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<p>The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to maintain Post Office card
accounts until 2021, to ensure that customers can continue to access their benefits
and pensions in this way.</p><p> </p><p>At October 2018 there were just under 1.2m
active Post Office card accounts. In line with our wider policy on financial inclusion,
we have always made it clear that payment into a bank, building society or credit
union is the preferred way for all benefits to be paid.</p><p> </p><p>The information
requested about the number of disabled social security and pension recipients is not
available.</p>
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