Major Lloydasked the Assistant Postmaster-General the number of telephone calls made by each of the principal Government Departments in 1951 and 1950, respectively.
§ Mr. GammansOn the basis of samples of traffic, it is estimated that the numbers of trunk and toll calls made in 1949-50 and 1950-51 by the Departments which make the largest use of the trunk telephone service were as follow:
— 1949–50 1950–51 War Office 6,359,000 6,587,000 Air Ministry 3,349,000 3,194,000 Ministry of Supply 1,941,000 1,939,000 Admiralty 1,714,000 1,579,000 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 1,682,000 1,439,000 Ministry of Works 1,299,000 1,076,000 Ministry of Food 896,000 821,000 Ministry of Labour and National Service 1,176,000 1,006,000 Inland Revenue 341,000 476,000 Ministry of Transport 459,000 388.000 Ministry of National Insurance 474,000 454,000 Board of Trade 405,000 297,000 The numbers of local calls made by Government Departments are not available.