To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1765W, how often Royal Mail paid compensation in such cases in each of the last three years. (178803)

The information requested is not held centrally. Each fixed penalty office will encourage the owner of the lost licence to claim the cost of replacement from the Royal Mail. As the compensation cheque is mostly sent to the claimant there is no way of knowing the success rate of the claims.