§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on postage,736W and how many items have been posted by his Department, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. SoamesExpenditure by my Department on postal services during the last five years is as follows:
£ 1989–90 12,090,996 1990–91 11,208,115 1991–92 8,511,910 1992–93 8,847,536 1993–94 8,537,031 1994–95 13,745,595 1 to 24 October 1994 The costs are for items sent through the Royal Mail and do not include the cost of providing an internal mail service within my Department.
The number of items of mail moved by the defence postal service in the last five years, based on average bag-fill factors, is as follows:
Number 1990–91 56,607,788 1991–92 56,082,586 1992–93 37,567,378 1993–94 31,125,393 1994–95 128,687,836 1 estimate for whole year.