§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the total volume of correspondence received by the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office, respectively, and the total volume of outward correspondence in each case, in the latest full year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MulleyThe total number of items of correspondence received and recorded in the Foreign Office during the year 1967 was 400,299. The figure for the Commonwealth Office was 276,343. During the same period, the joint departments of the two Offices (including 15W departments of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office) recorded 385,299 incoming items.
The corresponding number of outgoing items recorded, in each case, was 65,811 for the Foreign Office, 68,342 for the Commonwealth Office and 234,720 for the joint departments (including the Diplomatic Service Administration Office).