§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what use his Department and its agencies make 65W of postcode areas for the collection of data and in formulas for the distribution of grants and awards; and when such usages were last reviewed. [14796]
§ Mr. BowisMy Department collects postcode information as part of a number of statistical surveys, and in the case of the national travel survey uses postcode areas as an aid to sampling. My Department makes no grants or awards on the basis of postcode area.