§ Mr. Marplesasked the Postmaster-General if he will give the total expenditure on mail services by Government Departments and other official bodies for each of the years 1961–62 to 1967–68, 377W giving separate figures for each of those Departments whose expenditure currently exceeds £10,000.
§ Mr. StonehouseThe figures are below, except that to reduce the statement
1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 Department £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 Board of Trade 183 143 87 96 173 209 232 Central Office of Information 233 217 215 225 212 179 153 County Courts 130 159 144 101 182 169 205 Customs and Excise 295 247 176 185 353 327 392 Diplomatic Service Admin. Office (includes CRO and Colonial Office) 301 267 181 144 92 100 108 inland Revenue Dept. 4,145 3,468 2,987 3,393 3,868 4,141 4,082 Min. of Ag. Fish and Food 409 304 231 301 435 505 386 Min. of Defence (Air) 414 362 298 291 344 323 342 Min. of Defence 550 787 498 380 832 778 734 Min. of Defence (Navy) 317 339 252 274 273 425 411 Min. of Health 149 106 130 114 197 217 237 Min. of Health and Social Services (N. Ireland) 20 21 17 21 132 129 157 Dept. of Employment and Productivity (ex. Min. of Labour) 368 288 496 447 647 736 990 Min. of Public Buildings and Works 86 74 163 211 393 422 266 Min. of Social Security 2,632 2,192 2,120 2,412 3,095 2,836 3,696 Min. of Social Security (NAB) 568 315 408 577 420 671 701 Min. of Technology (ex Civil Aviation) 96 104 128 96 163 203 167 Min. of Transport 144 96 105 130 175 157 170 Min. of Transport (local Taxation) 197 59 49 75 137 182 170 H.M. Stationery Office 356 275 343 353 478 500 541 Savings Bank Dept 859 867 885 874 1,037 1,191 1,165 Electoral Registration 226 241 264 246 300 307 309 Total 12,678 10,931 10,177 10,946 13,938 14,707 15,614 Smaller Departments 1,173 1,178 1,169 2,159 1,472 2,279 1,713 Grand Total 13,851 12,109 11,346 13,105 15,410 16,986 17,327