Mr. J. Wellsasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in the Official Report the value of losses by pilferage on British Railways in each year in the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MarplesI am informed by the British Railways Board that the only22W relevant figures available are of the overall amounts paid by them in particular years in compensation for goods lost, stolen or pilfered while in transit on the railways. The figures for the ten years 1953–1962 are as follows:—
£ 1953 1,172,932 1954 932,468 1955 847,368 1956 879,294 1957 825,640 1958 837,903 1959 777,140 1960 923,421 1961 1,288,905 1962 1,427,912