§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases were referred to the Post Office investigation branch in 1983 and 1973, respectively.
§ Mr. TrippierThe total number of crimes involving mail losses referred to the investigation department was:
Numbers 1982–83 14,767 1972–73 13,678 Note:
One case might involve the theft of a large number of individual letters.
Full records are not kept of cases referred where no evidence of criminality is found and investigation not pursued, but the department estimates that at present these would amount to about an additional 10,000 per year.