§ 14. Mr. Arbuthnotasked the Assistant Postmaster-General the number of telephone subscribers at the end of 1954; how that figure compares with the number at the end of 1949; and what was the approximate number of calls in each of the two years.
§ Mr. GammansAt the end of 1954 the number was 3,937,000, an increase of 27 per cent. on the number at the end of 1949. The number of calls in 1954 was 3,648 million compared with 3,046 million in 1949, an increase of 20 per cent.
§ Mr. ArbuthnotIs it possible for my hon. Friend to split up that number of calls into private calls and business calls?
§ Mr. GammansNo, Sir, I am afraid it is not, but what I think is interesting is that the average number of calls by residential subscribers is only about 400 a year and we estimate that between five per cent. and 10 per cent. of residential subscribers do not use their telephones more than twice a week.
Mr. JegerCould the hon. Gentleman say how great is the percentage of the wrong numbers in those calls?