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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of indebtedness among people who use (a) bank accounts and (b) Post Office Card Accounts for payment of pensions and benefits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776090", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters his Department has issued asking people to have their state pension or benefits paid into a bank, building society or credit union account rather than a Post Office account.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which areas of the country have been targeted by his Department for letters asking people to have their state pension or benefits paid into a bank, building society or credit union account rather than a Post Office account.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice his Department provides to vulnerable customers switching from a Post Office Card account to a bank account in order to manage their benefits and tax credit payments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on paying benefits to claimants who do not have a bank account.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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