§ Lord Balnielasked the Postmaster-General what was the number of telephone connections made during 1954; and the number of applications outstanding at the latest available date, in each of the new towns in England and Wales.
§ Mr. GammansThe figures for the exchanges concerned are as follows:
— Connections made during 1954 Outstanding applications at 30th June, 1955 Basildon 161 376 Bracknell 172 139 Corby 140 227 Crawley 687 362 Cwm Bran 48 211 Harlow 973 352 Hatfield 105 467 Hemel Hempstead 437 457 Newton Aycliffe 26 110 Peterlee 33 54 Stevenage 146 488 Welwyn Garden City 420 425
§ Lord Balnielasked the Postmaster-General what was the number of public telephone kiosks that have been made available and the capital expenditure on the development of the telephone services in each of the new towns in England and Wales since January, 1949.
§ Mr. GammansThe number of kiosks provided since 1949 in each of the New Towns in England and Wales is: Basildon, 36; Bracknell, 7; Corby, 8; Crawley, 37; Cwm Bran, 7; Harlow,224W 18; Hatfield, 4; Hemel Hempstead, 25; Newton Aycliffe, 4; Peterlee, 3; Stevenage, 11; and Welwyn Garden City, 7.
I regret that figures of capital expenditure for particular towns are not kept.