Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money received at post office branches for the payment of bills to HM Treasury in each year from 2004 to 2014; and how many payments there were in each of those years.
Year Volume Value
2009-2010 3,488,899 £2,954,071,169
2010-2011 3,043,659 £2,471,069,805
2011-2012 2,383,479 £2,424,727,453
2012-2013 2,363,532 £2,274,329,908
2013-2014 2,345,735 £2,094,782,172
2014-2015 2,220,883 £1,681,412,410