HC Deb 08 March 1945 vol 408 c2248W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Postmaster-General the value of articles of all kinds lost in transit through the Post Office by theft or otherwise for 1939 and each succeeding year up to and including 1944.

Captain Crookshank

Statistics are available only of the amount of compensation paid in respect of loss (including theft) which was as follows:

Financial year £
1938–39 … … … 23,143
1939–40 … … … 23,438
1940–41 … … … 40,030
1941–42 … … … 92,698
1942–43 … … … 104,926
1943–44 … … … 104,384