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Mr. Ashdown
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a list showing, for each Inland Revenue region, the total number of items of post in tax offices (a) over 14 days old and (b) over two months old, in October of each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
| Region | October 1985 | October 1984 | October 1983 | |||
| Total post over 14 days old | Over 2 months old | Total post over 14 days old | Over 2 months old | Total post over 14 days old | Over 2 months old | |
| London East | 62,827 | 12,392 | 51,929 | 6,088 | 37,822 | 4,490 |
| London North | 78,904 | 10,066 | 60,741 | 4,334 | 45,104 | 2,943 |
| London South | 65,695 | 3,811 | 62,924 | 6,893 | 58,319 | 4,323 |
| London West | 85,336 | 13,540 | 85,849 | 14,389 | 64,820 | 13,639 |
| Eastern Counties | 324,424 | 90,135 | 270,372 | 54,939 | 149,743 | 11,074 |
| Greater Manchester | 225,879 | 26,008 | 80,715 | 977 | 36,212 | 175 |
| North | 137,285 | 11,404 | 105,940 | 9,555 | 52,430 | 1,826 |
| North West | 160,450 | 23,825 | 174,722 | 5,457 | 372,444 | 5,949 |
| South East | 375,555 | 93,717 | 327,156 | 50,715 | 227,873 | 17,102 |
| South West | 232,102 | 51,571 | 142,466 | 16,190 | 79,889 | 4,312 |
| South Yorkshire | 304,682 | 57,544 | 196,005 | 25,640 | 103,073 | 10,134 |
| West Midlands | 432,447 | 127,198 | 247,366 | 50,292 | 164,358 | 20,041 |
| Wales | 142,140 | 23,524 | 163,866 | 759 | 43,404 | 1,119 |
| Scotland | 106,192 | 3,820 | 58,626 | 2,025 | 39,651 | 5,749 |
| Northern Ireland | 34,110 | 909 | 22,643 | 72 | 20,388 | 142 |