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Written question asked by Lord Norton of Louth (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 January 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 January 2019. It was answered by Lord Laming (Crossbench) on Monday, 21 January 2019 on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker (HL).


Parliament: Correspondence

Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2018; and of those, how many were received in the House of Lords.

Answer

The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf. In total, 1,519,939 items of mail were received on the Parliamentary Estate in 2018. The destination of mail is not recorded but it is estimated that approximately 30 per cent of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12758
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Correspondence House of Lords Palace of Westminster
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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