HC Deb 26 July 1944 vol 402 c768W
Major Procter

asked the Postmaster-General the individual weekly number of postal orders paid out by the Post Office during the last two weeks of November and the first two weeks of December, 1937, to the football pools; and the number of postal orders paid out by the Post Office in the month of November, 1943, to Unity Football Pools.

Captain Crookshank

The individual weekly numbers of postal orders paid by the Post Office during the last two weeks of November and the first two weeks of December, 1937, to football pool firms are not available. For the four weeks 22nd November to 18th December, 1937, the number was 19,875,000. The number of postal orders paid by the Post Office during the month of November, 1943, to Unity Football Pools was 4,595,000.