§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total cost of postage for her Department in each of the last 12 months. [36781]
§ Mr. FieldThe information is set out in the table.
Total postage cost for each of the last 12 months £ Total March 97 11,073,491.66 April 97 4,110,712.35 May 97 6,539,872.96 June 97 5,812,208.36 July 97 6,324,068.40 August 97 579,897.75 September 97 11,086,529.97 October 97 6,646,988.28 November 97 5,921,549.93 December 97 5,881,278.02 January 98 6,157,441.48 February 98 7,858,027.01 Total 77,992,066.17 Note:
The apparent unevenness of expenditure between August and September 97 is due to the timing of payments rather than any significant change in consumption.