§ 12. Mr. CAMPBELLasked the Postmaster-General the number of staff employed to-day in the General Post Office, London, and its cost; and if he hopes to reduce the same in the coming year?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe staff of the London Postal Service numbers 31,743 and costs £6,730,000. The rest of the Post Office staff in London (excluding the engineering staff) numbers 26,214 and costs £5,280,000. It is improbable that there will be a reduction in the coming year, unless there is an unexpected and regrettable decline in Post Office business.
§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir JOSEPH NALLDo these figures relate to the whole of the headquarters of the Post Office or to the London Postal Service?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe first relate to the London Postal Service and the second to the rest of the Post Office staff in London.
§ Mr. AMMONIs it not a fact that there has been a great increase in the work of the Post Office, owing to new social services?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONCertainly.