HC Deb 23 January 1940 vol 356 cc429-30W
Mr. Lyons

asked the Postmaster-General the number of parcels carried on the cash-on-delivery service, and the number returned as undeliverable, respectively, in 1939?

Captain Waterhouse

The number of cash on delivery parcels carried during 1939 was approximately 2,724,500, and the number returned as undeliverable, including those refused, 66,700.