§ Mr. Swinglerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give any estimate of the annual cost in recent years of inter-departmental correspondence at normal postage rates.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingI have been asked to reply. Records of inter-departmental correspondence are not kept, but the postage at normal rates for all postings by Government Departments is broadly estimated at £9,000,000 for the year ended 31st March, 1948.