§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. JackDepartmental, including regional service centres, expenditure on postage in the last five years has been:
Year £ 1989–90 1,746,325 1990–91 1,867,217 1991–92 1,984,450 1992–93 2,232,975 1993–94 2,577,039 We do not maintain records of the number of items posted. They run to many thousands per week and include individual letters, mail shots and press releases.