To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of letters sent by her Department were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services provider for delivery in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. (259972)

This information is not held centrally for the whole Department. However an estimated 275,000 letters were sent by Royal Mail from the Department’s HQ at 2 Marsham street in the last 12 months. Apart from couriers and the Government’s internal dispatch service no other postal provider has been used. 2 Marsham street also houses Ministry of Justice staff whose letters are included in this estimate.