§ Mr. Nallyasked the Postmaster-General what is the present estimated weekly total of postal packages received by his Department from football pool organisations; the estimated weekly total of packages posted by the public to such organisations; and how such totals compare with the corresponding figures of 1938, 1945, 1946 and 1947.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingBased on October traffic in each case, the estimated weekly postings are as follows:
— Posted by the organisations Posted by the public 1948 … 9½million 7½million 1938 … 13¼ million 5½million 1945 … 2 million 1½million 1946 … 7½million 5¾ million 1947 … 8¾ million 6½million
§ Mr. Nallyasked the Postmaster-General the average number of football pool packages received each week by his Department at post offices in Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff, London, Birmingham, 118W Manchester, Stockport, Swansea, Blackpool, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Worcestershire, and Middleton, Lancashire, respectively, together with the figures of deliveries to football pool firms in each of these areas.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe estimated weekly average number of football pool postal packages posted by and delivered to football pool firms at the towns named is as follows:
Liverpool: posted … … 6,568,300 delivered … … 5,474,800 Glasgow: posted … … 162,900 delivered … … 109,300 Cardiff: posted … … 1,280,700 delivered … … 691,700 London: posted … … 680,700 delivered … … 405,766 Birmingham: posted … … 2,800 delivered … … 2,800 Manchester: posted … … Postings too small to be separately recorded. delivered … … Stockport: posted … … Postings too small to be separately recorded. delivered … … Swansea: posted … … 6,200 delivered … … 2,800 Blackpool: posted … … 55,800 delivered … … 36,500 Nottingham: posted … … 7,400 delivered … … 6,800 Wolverhampton: posted … … Postings too small to be separately recorded. delivered … … Dudley: posted … … Postings too small to be separately recorded. delivered … … Middleton, Lancashire: posted … … 2,000 delivered … … 2,000
§ Mr. Nallyasked the Postmaster-General what is the estimated weekly profit made by his Department from the handling of postal packages to and from football pool organisations; and the estimated profit accruing from postal order and money order purchases made by the public to meet football pool obligations.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingPrecise figures are not available, but it is estimated that the profit on postal packages is of the order of£50,000 weekly, and the profit on postal orders and money orders of the order of£5,000 weekly.