To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. (208514)

DEFRA came into being in June 2001. The core-Department uses ‘Royal Mail’ and ‘Amtrak’ as delivery companies for overseas postal services. Information prior to 2006 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08 the requested information is as follows.