HC Deb 18 May 1965 vol 712 cc215-6W
Mr. Pounder

asked the Postmaster-General what has been the value of losses from postal parcels through pilferage during 1963 and 1964, respectively; what has been the number of claims during this period; and how these figures compare with those in 1962, in respect of Northern Ireland, England and Wales, and Scotland, respectively.

Mr. Joseph Slater

Details of the value of losses from postal parcels through pilferage alone are not available. But the total amounts of compensation and the number of claims paid in the years in question for the loss of and from inland postal parcels are given in the following table. I am sorry that it is not practicable to give separately the figures for Northern Ireland, England, and Wales, and Scotland.

Year Compensation Paid Number of Claims
1961–62 £184,954 55,885
1962–63 £178,433 52,327
1963–64 £214,164 59,980
1964–65 £238,160 63,134