§ Mr. Raphael Tuckasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much illegally remitted currency, contrary to the Exchange Control Act 1947, was discovered in the post in each of the years 1960 to 1966, inclusive; how many letters were opened in this connection in each of those years; and what proportion of those opened each year contained illegally remitted currency.
§ Mr. MacDermotFull details of the amount of prohibited currency found in the mails are not readily available, but the figures relating to the London Postal Depot, which handles the bulk of overseas mails, are as follows:
No records are kept of the information requested in the latter part of the Question.
£ 1960 … 60,000 (partly estimated) 1961 … 64,314 1962 … 66,158 1963 … 74,248 1964 … 75,550 1965 … 88,217 1966 … 87,539