King Edward Building, (East Central District Office)

HC Deb 23 March 1965 vol 709 cc62-3W

Mr. Randall

asked the Postmaster-General what was the date of the completion of the King Edward Building, East Central District Office; what amount of postal traffic was handled in that office for the first 12 months; and what were the figures of traffic for the most recent period of 12 months.

Mr. Joseph Slater

King Edward Building was completed on 8th October, 1910. In 1911 the office handled about 920 million items of correspondence, or 17½ million a week: it is now handling about 1,150 million a year, or 22 million a week.