Mr. A. Duckworthasked the Postmaster-General (1) whether he can give figures showing the total number of claims made in respect of parcels or their contents lost in the course of inland transit for the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and the first six months of 1942;
(2) whether he can give figures showing the total number of claims made in respect of registered letters and parcels, or their contents, lost in the course of inland transit for the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and the first six months of 1942?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI have no statistics of the number of claims made, but the following figures show the number of claims met for entire loss or loss of contents in the inland post up to the end of the financial year 1941–42:
Year. Unregistered Parcels. Registered Letters. Registered Parcels. 1938–39 21,004 1,208 257 1939–40 20,720 1,740 237 1940–41 24,908 4,674 471 1941–42 44,687 13,794 2,072