§ 38. Mr. Beswickasked the Postmaster-General how many subscribers are now connected to the Uxbridge and West Drayton exchanges, respectively; how many applications are now outstanding for connection to each of these two exchanges; and how many of these applicants have been waiting for a period of more than one year.
§ Mr. K. ThompsonAs the Answer contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. BeswickI asked for only six figures. Is there any reason why I should 1349 not have them, or is it that the hon. Gentleman cannot laugh off this waiting list as he tried to do in an earlier case? In any case, can he say when the Treasury is to allow him to deal with the waiting list in this area?
§ Mr. ThompsonI am happy to be able to inform the hon. Gentleman that I shall give him more than six figures in order to bring his information up to date. As for laughing off the waiting list, I can tell him that in the past twelve months 318 new telephones have been connected to the Uxbridge Exchange and 137 to the West Drayton Exchange.
§ Mr. BeswickI asked the Assistant Postmaster-General for the waiting list, not for the number of those for which he had found a line. Why does he not answer the questions rather than say what he has just thought up?
§ Mr. ThompsonIf the hon. Gentleman will read the Answer that I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT he will find that most of his troubles are being dealt with.
| Following are the figures: | ||
| — | Uxbridge | West Drayton |
| Subscribers connected | 5,218 | 1,676 |
| Applications on the waiting list | 165 | 154 |
| Applications under inquiry or in course of being met | 90 | 47 |
| Number waiting for more than one year | 95 | 108 |
§ During the past 12 months, 318 new telephones were connected to the Uxbridge Exchange and 137 to the West Drayton Exchange.