§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much her Department has spent on postage, and how many items have been posted by her Department, in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. ForthThe following figures include the central spend on postage by my Department and our contracted mailing house:
Financial Year Cost £ 1989–90 870,558 1990–91 575,951 1991–92 674,372 1992–93 796,161 1993–94 490,906 Information is not collected about the occasional dispatches carried out on the Department's behalf by ad hoc mailing contractors. The figures for 1993–94 reflect the fact that the Office for Standards in Education has assumed financial responsibility for its own post bill. Information about the number of items posted is not held centrally.