§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the answer of 8 March regarding complaints received by the Post Office, if he will break down the totals given by postal regions.
§ Mr. TrippierThe number of complaints broken down on a regional basis were:
1972–73 1982–83 London Postal Region (Inner) 6,138 4,956 London Postal Region (Outer) 4,444 4,511 Eastern Postal Region 5,205 6,762 Midland Postal Board 6,437 7,200 North Eastern Postal Board 5,247 7,108 Northern Ireland Postal Board 977 958 164W
Local Authority Dwellings Let to New Tenants (Thousands) Standard regions 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 *1981–82 *1982–83 (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) Northern 16 7 17 6 16 7 17 8 20 6 18 5 19 5 Yorkshire and Humberside 22 9 24 9 24 9 26 10 28 9 24 7 25 7 East Midlands 19 6 21 6 22 6 20 5 18 5 16 4 18 4 Greater London† 32 27 33 26 27 29 23 28 26 24 22 25 17 23 Rest of South East 43 11 46 11 39 13 26 12 26 12 22 10 22 10 East Anglia 7 3 7 2 5 2 6 2
1972–73 1982–83 North Western Postal Board 5,726 9,232 Scottish Postal Board 3,511 2,944 South Eastern Postal Region 5,998 6,723 South Western Postal Region 7,297 6,616 Wales and the Marches Postal Board 4,422 5,431