§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much his Department has spent on postage, and how many items have been posted by his Department, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. HagueThe departmental expenditure on postage in each of the last five years was:
£ 1989–90 38,515,000 1990–91 46,969,000 1991–92 59,718,000 1992–93 70,198,000 1993–94 71,320,000 The number of items posted is not available for the whole period in question. However, for the financial year 1993–94, the number of items posted via the Royal Mail was 311,043,023.