§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on postage, and how many items have been posted by his Department, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. HowardThe readily available information, relating to headquarters postage expenditure by my Department and its agencies, except the fire service college, is as follows:
£ 1989–90 1,959,459 1990–91 2,047,841 1991–92 2,651,686 1992–93 2,519,033 1993–94 2,993,258 The figures for 1989–90 and 1990–91 do not include the forensic science service as that information is not available.
Information on postal expenditure by regional offices, outstations and individual establishments, and on the numbers of items posted could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.