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Departmental Postal Services

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of letters sent by his Department were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services provider for delivery in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. (259967)

The information requested is in the following table.

(a) Royal Mail(b)Other postal service

DFT organisational unit

Items

Percentage

Items

Percentage

Central Department: London HQ1

87,694

97

2,758

3

Air Accidents Investigation Branch2

2

100

2

0

Marine Accident Investigation Branch

2

99

2

1

Rail Accident Investigation Branch1

3,372

98.80

40

1.20

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency3

108,767,612

100

3

3

Driving Standards Agency4

4

99

4

1

Government Car and Despatch Agency5

2

100

0

0

Highways Agency5

5

599

5

51

Maritime and Coastguard Agency6

6

6

6

6

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency2

2

100

2

0

Vehicle Certification Agency2

2

99

2

1

1 Includes letters and other articles (parcels, packets etc) transmitted by post.

2 No record kept of number of items sent.

3 100 per cent. of the mail despatched to the public is sent via Royal Mail. The only other provider is Secure Mail Services which is used to securely transport mail internally to local office.

4 The requested information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, DSA estimates that around 99 per cent. of its letters are given to Royal Mail for delivery.

5 The Highways Agency does not maintain number counts for the posting of letters. Above is an estimate.

6 The Information requested is not collected in the format requested. Cost analysis would not reflect numbers and/or percentage as the cost element is not fixed between couriers.