§ Rev Martin Smythasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many P58 claim forms were received by the Post Office during 1984 in respect of items sent by post from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and what were the corresponding figures for each of the previous five years;
(2) how many registered postal letters and packets sent from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1984 were reported as missing by the Post Office; and what were the corresponding figures for the previous five years;
(3) how many registered postal communicaions were despatched through the Post Office in 1984 and were sent to addresses in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but were subsequently returned to senders in the United Kingdom under article 122 of the universal postal union convention; and what were the corresponding figures for the previous five years;
(4) on how many occasions in 1984 the Post Office reported that registered letters and packets sent from the United Kingdom to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had been confiscated by the Soviet postal authorities; and what were the corresponding figures for the previous five years.
§ Mr. PattieThe information requested is a matter for the Post Office, which has told me, however, that such information is not available.