§ 16. Mr. A. Lewisasked the Postmaster-General whether he will state the dates during the past 12 years on which mailbag and post office robberies took place, and the amount of loss in each case.
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§ Mr. BevinsI regret that full information in the form requested by the hon. Member is not available: but the following statement shows the number of robberies of all kinds, that is thefts or attempted thefts in which violence was used or threatened, which are recorded as affecting the Post Office in each year since 1954–55, and the amount lost.
ROBBERIES AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERIES Year Total number Gross amount of loss £ 1954–55 17 33,195 1955–56 17 5,209 1956–57 22 5,624 1957–58 27 5,289 1958–59 67 30,456 1959–60 78 38,622 1960–61 76 77,065 1961–62 96 118,300 1962–63 113 187,380 1963–64 (to 30th November, 1963) 44 2,617,852* TOTAL 557 3,118,992 * Includes a loss of £2,595,998 in the train robbery of 8th August, 1963. Notes 1. No loss occurred in 289 of the 557 cases. 2. 1954–55 is the earliest year for which statistics are available in a form comparable with those for subsequent years.