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Mr. Prescott
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the latest position concerning Imperial Typewriters.
| Volume of Mail* (Million items) | Staff† | Total Postal Capital Expenditure (£ million at outturn prices) | |||||
| 1965–66 | … | … | … | … | 11,300 | 186,000‡ | 16·2 |
| 1966–67 | … | … | … | … | 11,400 | 189,000‡ | 24·0 |
| 1967–68 | … | … | … | … | 11,500 | 188,000‡ | 27·6 |
| 1968–69 | … | … | … | … | 11,300 | 188,236‡ | 27·3 |
| 1969–70 | … | … | … | … | 11,400 | 175,974 | 27·3 |
| 1970–71 | … | … | … | … | 10,500 | 177,248 | 34·3 |
| 1971–72 | … | … | … | … | 10,550 | 173,544 | 29·9 |
| 1972–73 | … | … | … | … | 10,790 | 172,562 | 27·5 |
| 1973–74 | … | … | … | … | 11,010 | 170,128 | 26·3 |
| * Includes inland and overseas letters and parcels. | |||||||
| † The figures exclude Sub-Postmasters who are employed by the Post Office on an agency basis. | |||||||
| ‡ These figures include a somewhat arbitrary allocation in respect of certain groups of staff—e.g. Headquarters staff whose duties covered more than one of the Post Office businesses. | |||||||