Barriers To Post Office Card Account Use

EDM number 628 in 2003-04, proposed by Michael Connarty on 12/02/2004.

That this House is deeply concerned at the contents of documents circulated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the name of Mr Alan Linton, PMP Project Manager, in October 2003 which outlines a strategy to use informed choice discussions to persuade nine out of 10 customers to agree to be paid by direct payment while instructing staff to persuade customers that they should not choose Post Office Card Accounts; notes that performance managers would be given the task of setting performance forecasts against which DWP areas would be benchmarked; recognises that this approach by DWP is a move beyond the previously obstructive approach to customers seeking a Post Office Card Account to an aggressive programme to prevent a free and open choice by elderly people and other DWP customers to get their payments through the Post Office; and calls on the DWP to bring in simplified procedures to allow access by those who wish to be paid through a Post Office Card Account.

This motion has been signed by a total of 110 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Connarty	12/02/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Proposed
Chris Smith	12/02/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	12/02/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/02/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/02/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	12/02/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/02/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/02/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/02/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/02/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	23/02/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/02/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	24/02/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	24/02/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	24/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	24/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	24/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/02/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/02/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/02/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	24/02/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	24/02/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/02/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	25/02/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	25/02/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/02/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	25/02/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	25/02/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	25/02/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	25/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	25/02/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	26/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Hamilton	26/02/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	26/02/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/02/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	01/03/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	01/03/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alex Salmond	01/03/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	01/03/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	02/03/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	02/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/03/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	03/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	04/03/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	04/03/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian White	04/03/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/03/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/03/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Atkinson	10/03/2004	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/03/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	12/03/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/03/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	16/03/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
David Wright	18/03/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/03/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	18/03/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	22/03/2004	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugo Swire	22/03/2004	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	23/03/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Amess	23/03/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	23/03/2004	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Wayne David	23/03/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	23/03/2004	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	24/03/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	25/03/2004	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	25/03/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	25/03/2004	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Oliver Heald	26/03/2004	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	26/03/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Philip Hammond	26/03/2004	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	29/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Mann	29/03/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	30/03/2004	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	31/03/2004	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Barbara Follett	31/03/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	01/04/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	01/04/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	01/04/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Doug Henderson	19/04/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	19/04/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	28/04/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	28/04/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Stevenson	04/05/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	04/05/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	05/05/2004	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	06/05/2004	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	14/05/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	17/05/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	26/05/2004	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Chris Grayling	24/06/2004	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	24/06/2004	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
David Willetts	29/06/2004	Havant	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	07/09/2004	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	08/09/2004	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	01/11/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed

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