Lord Norton of Louth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the The Lord Chairman of Committees

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Norton of Louth on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Chairman of Committees how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2015; and of those, what proportion was received in the House of Lords.

Lord Laming

In total, 2,000,504 items of mail were received in the Palace of Westminster in 2015. The Administration does not count which House each item goes to but estimates that approximately 25 per cent of these items were destined for the House of Lords. These figures do not include parcels, courier items or internal mail.