To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. (208511)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Angus (Mr. Weir) on 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2042W.

As a result of the low levels of activity, the Department for Communities and Local Government does not routinely record international mail costs separately from inland mail. Upon investigation we have identified a spend of £399.99 between May 2007 and May 2008 for international mail and this is administered by Corporate Mailing Services (CMS), a private company which is used by MITIE Document Solutions. CMS is the trading name of Royale Research Ltd.