§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Postmaster-General the number of auxiliary postmen who have been charged during the last five years with theft of postal packets, and the average weekly wages 1960W which each of these men were receiving at the time the offences were committed?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe number of auxiliary postmen prosecuted for theft from the post in England and Wales for the years 1923–1926 is as follows:
1923 … … … 24 1924 … … … 22 1925 … … … 25 1926 … … … 28 Their average weekly wage for their part-time post office work was, approximately 30s. The figures for 1922 and the figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not readily available.