§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many robberies of(a) post offices and (b) Royal Mail vehicles there were in each police division in the year 2000; and if he will estimate the total sum stolen. [976]
§ Mr. DenhamThe requested information is not collected centrally. Data for recorded robberies involving the use of firearms indicate that there were 315 such robberies in post offices in the year ending March 2000. No details of the sums stolen are available.