§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions in the last month for which statistics are available, mail bags have not been delivered to the Keswick sorting office from London until after the morning sorting and deliveries had been completed.
§ Mr. TrippierThe postal service between London and Keswick is an operational matter for the Post Office. I understand that over the busy Christmas period the Post Office does not keep records on the matters raised by the hon. Member, but from the beginning of November until 17 January the mail from London to Keswick arrived too late for delivery from that office on 14 out of a total of 51 occasions.
These failures have already been brought to the attention of the Post Office through its own monitoring system and investigations are being urgently pursued at both London and Keswick ends with a view to putting matters right as quickly as possible.