The most recent Office Notice outlining the position of married and divorced women with reserved rights to reduced rates of NI contribution was issued in November 1997. This Office Notice will be re-issued shortly and every year thereafter. MAFF has touch tone telephone systems installed at three sites. I refer the hon. Where other payment terms are exceptionally agreed, they are used to measure performance.
Performance is measured against all supplier invoices paid.
For 1998-99, 93.3 per cent. To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the estimated cost of setting up a universal bank in sub-post offices. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. By the nature of the Performance and Innovation Unit's study on modernising the post office network, the Post Office were closely involved in it throughout.