HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 c795W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. Hague

The departmental expenditure on postage in each of the last five years was:

£
1989–90 38,515,000
1990–91 46,969,000
1991–92 59,718,000
1992–93 70,198,000
1993–94 71,320,000

The number of items posted is not available for the whole period in question. However, for the financial year 1993–94, the number of items posted via the Royal Mail was 311,043,023.