§ Sir R. Russellasked the Postmaster-General if he will give further details of the 7,234 cases of fire, flood, etc. which cost £998,471, according to Appendix 12 of the Post Office Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 1965; and to what extent these mishaps were covered by insurance.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThe bulk of this expenditure relates to the repair of storm damage to telecommunications plant. The figures given emerge from the ordinary flow of accounting information. A42W detailed list of episodes is not centrally available.
It is the general practice of the Post Office to carry its own risks.