Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in implementing the changes to the Azure Card they announced during the debate of 20 November 2014 (HL Deb, cols 545–67).

We are completing the practical arrangements to remove the restriction that prevents Azure card users from carrying over more than £5 credit on the card from one week to the next. Card users with children are already allowed to carry over unlimited credit. We expect to complete the work by the end of February.

Card users will be notified of the change by letter and there will be appropriate changes to our website information about the card.