HC Deb 01 March 1889 vol 333 cc694-5
MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)

asked the Postmaster General what number of Post Office officials were dismissed last year for irregularities, and what number of Post Office officials were convicted of offences in connection with their duties in the United Kingdom last year?

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) University of Cambridge

During the year 1888 the number of Post Office servants who were dismissed or called upon to resign was 335. Of these, the number convicted of offences in connection with their duties was 117. The total number of Post Office servants, excluding those employed in an unestablished capacity, is above 56,000.