§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will, by providing figures for 1971, bring up to date the statistics for the volume of parcels traffic handled in the public sector given in Table E of the National Board for Prices and Incomes Report No. 162.
§ Mr. PeytonThe volume of parcels handled in the public section in 1971 was as follows:
Undertaking Packages (million) BRS Parcels Ltd. 77.5 National Carriers Ltd. 100.0* British Rail Express Parcels Service 73.5 Post Office Corporation 158.1† Total 409.1 *As before this is an estimate mainly based on tonnage. † Total affected by the postal strike.