Departmental Postage

HC Deb 09 May 1986 vol 97 c294W

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost of postage in his Department in 1984–85 and 1985–86.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The total cost of postage to my Department was:

	1984–85	*1985–86
	£	£
DOE(C)	558,000	447,000
PSA	887,000	979,000
Total	1,445,000	1,426,000
* Provisional.

The reduction for DOE(C) reflects a change in the rules used to apportion the joint Department of Environment/Department of Transport postal bill between the two Departments.