Postal Services (Hansard, 20 July 1979)

§ Mr. Kenneth Baker

asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many employees of the postal services of (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Italy and (d) the United States of America there were in each year from 1950 to 1978; and

Calender Year			Number of employees	Total Letters handled (m)	Total Parcels handled (m)
1. France
1950	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	…	…	121,479	4,728	27.6
1960	…	…	N/A	6,061	29.3
1965	…	…	150,400	6,562	6.6
1969	…	…	175,200	5,645	4.2
1970	…	…	178,100	5,943	4.3
1971	…	…	179,970	6,055	4.1
1972	…	…	235,099	8,761	3.8
1973	…	…	235,781	9,186	3.7
1974	…	…	200,500	10,882	3.4
1975	…	…	236,500	11,811	3.8
1976	…	…	244,167	12,189	4.0
2. Germany
1950	……		N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	…	…	360,008	6,161	227.3
1960	…	…	N/A	8,498	284.7
1965	…	…	283,151	4,959	310.7
1969	…	…	271,927	5,290	310.6
1970	…	…	273,356	5,596	319.9
1971	…	…	282,334	6,148	322.8
1972	…	…	284,860	6,266	311.3
1973	…	…	286,099	6,156	297.5
1974	…	…	282,857	10,495	277.5
1975	…	…	276,742	12,423	258.9
1976	…	…	270,789	13,020	263.5
3. Italy
1950	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	…	…	89,815	3,728	22.8
1960	…	…	N/A	5,367	29.6
1965	…	…	142,137	2,785	35.3
1969	…	…	136,320	2,974	30.0
1970	…	…	149,964	3,100	29.4
1971	…	…	157,730	3,134	28.9
1972	…	…	158,915	3,162	28.5
1973	…	…	168,822	3,216	25.0
1974	…	…	167,366	7,199	26.0
1975	…	…	171,937	6,598	N/A
1976	…	…	172,796	6,209	28.2
4. USA
1950	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	…	…	511,613	54,773	1,171
1960	…	…	N/A	63,629	1,063
1965	…	…	595,512	44,175	1,104
1969	…	…	739,002	52,311	1,100
1970	…	…	741,216	54,805	1,067
1971	…	…	728,911	56,134	1,070
1972	…	…	706,400	55,017	1,033
1973	…	…	701,051	57,164	1,021
1974	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
1975	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
1976	…	…	N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A Not available.
The information could not be provided for all years except at disproportionate cost. Information for the years 1977 and 1978 is not yet available.
The French postal administration ceased to offer an inland parcel post service as from 1 January 1963, responsibility being handed to the national railway.
These statistics are as notified to the Universal Postal Union by the national postal authorities.

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the how many letters and parcels they handled in each of those years.