§ 4. Mr. Pounderasked the Postmaster-General which telephone exchanges in Northern Ireland are scheduled for conversion to the subscriber trunk dialling system in 1966, 1967, and 1968, respectively.
§ Mr. Edward ShortWith permission, I will circulate a list of the exchanges concerned in the OFFICIAL REPORT. But it does show that in 1966 20 exchanges will be converted; in 1967, 30, and in 1968, 22.
§ Mr. PounderWhile thanking the Postmaster-General for that Answer, may I ask him to say whether there has been 1448 an improvement or short-fall in the rate of conversion to S.T.D. in Ulster compared with the forecasts originally made?
§ Mr. ShortThere has been a slight rephasing, as the hon. Gentleman will see from the many Questions that he and his hon. Friends have had down on this. But, overall, there is a slight improvement.
§ The following is the information:
§ Telephone exchanges in Northern Ireland at which it is planned to introduce the STD facilities:
In 1966 | |
Comber | Portaferry |
Ahoghill | Portavogie |
Anghaffaten | Enniskillen |
Garvagh | Brookhall |
Greyabbey | Campsie |
Lisburn | Clandy |
Donaghadee | Cross |
Newtownards | Eglinton |
Ballywalter | Draperstown |
Kircubbin | Maghera |
In 1967 | |
Helen's Bay | Rathfriland |
Whitehead | Richhill |
Whiteabbey | Tandragree |
Omagh | Dromore (Down) |
Aughnacloy | Hillsborough |
Beragh | Maze |
Castleclerg | Ballycastle |
Fintons | Cookstown |
Newtownstewart | Coalisland |
Sion Mills | Dundonald |
Kilnea | Cloughmills |
Crumlin | Glenanne |
Templepatrick | Ballyward |
Portrush | Whitehouse |
Loughgall | Banbridge |
In 1968 | |
Newcastle | Mountfield |
Strabane | Castlerock |
Newtownhamilton | Coagh |
Castlewellan | Pomeroy |
Kilkeel | Moneymore |
Rostrevor | Aghadowey |
Rasharkin | Tuomebridge |
Warrenpoint | Dungiven |
Clogher | Dromone (Tyrone) |
Drumquin | Stoneyford |
Gortin | Ballygawley |
§ 5. Mr. Pounderasked the Postmaster-General what is the proportion of telephone subscribers in Northern Ireland who were on the subscriber trunk dialling system in 1965; and what additional proportion he estimates will come on to this system in 1966, 1967, and 1968, respectively.
§ Mr. Edward Short64 per cent. of the telephone subscribers in Northern Ireland had the S.T.D. facility in 1965.
§ I estimate that the additional proportion to have S.T.D. during the next three years will be:
1966 | 7 per cent. |
1967 | 10 per cent. |
1968 | 4 per cent. |