asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state for each financial year since 1947 total salaries and wages, expressed as a percentage of total receipts, for (a) postal, (b) telegraph, and (c) telephone services.
Written Answers. - Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services.
The following table shows for each service the total salaries and wages charged as expenditure, expressed as a percentage of the total receipts, credited as income, in the published commercial accounts. Salaries and wages of staff in connection with capital development and renewal works are excluded as these are covered in the commercial accounts by interest and depreciation provisions.
|
Year |
Postal |
Telegraph |
Telephone |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
|
1947-48 |
72.41 |
127.53 |
48.35 |
|
1948-49 |
70.51 |
119.69 |
50.99 |
|
1949-50 |
66.86 |
116.05 |
49.46 |
|
1950-51 |
70.45 |
109.00 |
49.03 |
|
1951-52 |
72.02 |
143.56 |
52.94 |
|
1952-53 |
69.82 |
125.64 |
49.88 |
|
1953-54 |
71.05 |
134.10 |
46.45 |
|
1954-55 |
70.42 |
147.58 |
44.03 |
|
1955-56 |
73.48 |
107.27 |
44.57 |
|
1956-57 |
69.80 |
93.51 |
42.01 |
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in respect of each financial year since 1947 the profit or loss involved in the operation of (a) the postal service, (b) the telegraph service, and (c) the telephone service.
The profits or losses as shown in the published commercial accounts are as follows:—
(Profit (+) or Loss (-))
|
Year |
Postal Service |
Telegraph Service |
Telephone Service |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1947-48 |
– 14,134 |
– 250,805 |
+ 165,328 |
|
1948-49 |
– 62,961 |
– 260,511 |
+ 122,860 |
|
1949-50 |
+ 2,077 |
– 282,827 |
+ 113,499 |
|
1950-51 |
– 154,239 |
– 231,260 |
+ 67,733 |
|
1951-52 |
– 368,889 |
– 403,397 |
– 68,376 |
|
1952-53 |
– 171,151 |
– 300,085 |
– 33,522 |
|
1953-54 |
– 101,592 |
– 351,715 |
+ 109,447 |
|
1954-55 |
– 96,058 |
– 377,948 |
+ 227,990 |
|
1955-56 |
– 264,617 |
– 238,299 |
+ 134,437 |
|
1956-57 |
– 28,602 |
– 195,019 |
+ 254,512 |