Post Office (Productivity) (Hansard, 6 July 1979)

HC Deb 06 July 1979 vol 969 cc746-7W 746W

§ Mr. Marlow
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the productivity of the Post Office in terms of letters delivered per employee and parcels delivered per employee for each of the past 10 years.
747W

§ Mr. Michael Marshall
The information is as follows:
Letters and parcels handled per Post Office mails operations employee

Year (000s)

1969–70 92

1970–71 85

1971–72 86

1972–73 89

1973–74 93

1974–75 87

1975–76 81

1976–77 78

1977–78 80

^*1978–79 83^*

^* provisional figure.

It is not possible to distinguish between staff handling letters and staff handling parcels.

Year	(000s)
1969–70	92
1970–71	85
1971–72	86
1972–73	89
1973–74	93
1974–75	87
1975–76	81
1976–77	78
1977–78	80
^*1978–79	83^*
^* provisional figure.