HC Deb 06 March 1922 vol 151 c893W
Mr. KILEY

asked the Postmaster-General the totals of all grades of the personnel of the General Post Office for the periods 1913–14, 1920–21, and 1921–22, engaged in the collection and delivery of letters, postcards, printed papers, and newspapers?

Mr. KELLAWAY

The total number of staff employed on the collection and delivery of postal packets, including parcels, on the 31st March, 1914, was approximately 84,000, and the corresponding number on the 1st February, 1922, was 80,500. Comparable figures for 1920–21 are not available.