§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of first class mail was delivered the next day by postcode for the most recent quarter for which figures are available. [8248]
§ Mr. AlexanderOperational issues are a matter for Consignia.
However, I have been advised by the company that postcode area performance for the first quarter of the current financial year 2001–02 is as follows:
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Postcode area performance (April to June 2001)-first class stamped and metered Postcode area All posted AB Aberdeen 91.3 AL St. Albans 81.1 B Birmingham 86.9 BA Bath 89.1 BB Blackburn and Burnley 83.2 BD Bradford 95.4 BH Bournemouth 88.3 BL Bolton 87.8 BN Brighton 91.8 BR Bromley 87.8 BS Bristol 86.4 BT Northern Ireland 86.9 CA Carlisle 87.9 CB Cambridge 88.7 CF Cardiff 87.6 CH Chester and Deeside 80.9 CM Chelmsford 85.3 CO Colchester 88.7 CR Croydon 89.0 CT Canterbury 90.5 CV Coventry and Warwickshire 91.7 CW Crewe 89.6 DA Dartford 88.1 DD Dundee 88.9 DE Derby 91.2 DG Dumfries 91.3 DH Durham 91.1 DL Darlington 91.2 DN Doncaster 93.1 DT Dorchester 88.7 DY Dudley 84.7 E London East 73.4 EC City of London 83.2 EH Edinburgh 88.2 EN Enfield 74.9 EX Exeter 87.9 FK Falkirk 87.2 FY Fylde 86.7 G Glasgow 85.4 GL Gloucester 86.6 GU Guildford 85.2 HA Harrow 78.5 HD Huddersfield 92.1 HG Harrogate 86.7 HP Hemel Hempstead 85.1 HR Hereford 87.0 HS Hebrides 79.6 HU Hull 89.0 HX Halifax 92.6 IG Ilford 86.1 IP Ipswich 81.2 IV Inverness 89.4 KA Kilmarnock 88.0 KT Kingston upon Thames 90.2 KW Kirkwall 84.2 KY Kirkcaldy 91.9 L Liverpool 82.4
Postcode area performance (April to June 2001)-first class stamped and metered Postcode area All posted LA Lancaster 86.0 LD Llandrindod Wells 88.5 LE Leicester 92.2 LL North Wales 80.8 LN Lincoln 91.5 LS Leeds 89.4 LU Luton 80.8 M Manchester 82.5 ME Maidstone 88.5 MK Milton Keynes 85.1 ML Motherwell 84.2 N London north 81.3 NE Newcastle 88.5 NG Nottingham 89.3 NN Northamptonshire 86.6 NP Newport 84.7 NR Norwich 88.2 NW London north west 79.5 OL Oldham 86.1 PA Paisley 86.0 PE Peterborough 83.7 PH Perth 89.7 PL Plymouth 87.7 PO Portsmouth 89.9 PR Preston 86.5 RG Reading 85.2 RH Redhill 89.6 RM Romford 87.7 S Sheffield 93.2 SA Swansea 90.7 SE London south east 81.7 SG Stevenage 89.6 SK Stockport 86.0 SL Slough 83.2 SM Sutton 92.4 SN Swindon 83.2 SO Southampton 87.9 SP Salisbury 83.4 SR Sunderland 93.2 SS Southend-on-Sea 82.1 ST Stoke-on-Trent 86.1 SW London south west 77.4 SY Shrewsbury and mid Wales 84.7 TA Taunton 86.6 TD Borders 90.2 TF Telford 86.9 TN Tonbridge 86.0 TQ Torquay 86.5 TR Truro 90.7 TS Teeside 92.2 TW Twickenham 91.4 UB Uxbridge 80.1 W London west 79.2 WA Warrington 87.8 WC London west central 79.8 WD Watford 78.2 WF Wakefield 86.6 WN Wigan 91.3 WR Worcester 90.3 WS Walsall 88.1 WV Wolverhampton 88.1 YO York 89.6 ZE Lerwick 85.6