§ Mr. W. R. Williamsasked the Postmaster-General what was the size of the waiting list for telephones in each telephone area in the United Kingdom at 30th September, 1962; and what proportion this bore in each case to the total number of subscribers in each area.
§ Mr. BevinsThe figures are:
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Telephone Area Waiting list 30th September 1962 Waiting list as a percentage of total number of subscribers Aberdeen … 83 0.1 Bedford … 993 1.8 Belfast … 602 0.7 Birmingham … 5,012 3.3 Blackburn … 912 1.4 Bournemouth … 166 0.2 Bradford … 216 0.2 Brighton … 869 0.7 Bristol … 741 0.7 Cambridge … 865 1.4 Canterbury … 929 1.2 Cardiff … 914 1.1 Chester … 573 1.0 Colchester … 285 0.6 Coventry … 2,263 3.4 Dundee … 38 0.1 Edinburgh … 88 0.1 Exeter … 14 0.02 Glasgow … 465 0.3 Gloucester … 347 0.7 Guildford … 2,544 3.9 Lancaster … 362 0.8 Leeds … 807 0.9 Leicester … 458 0.6 Lincoln … 1,119 2.1 Liverpool … 845 0.5 London— Centre … Nil Nil City … Nil Nil East … 439 0.3 North … 94 0.05 North West … Nil Nil South East … Nil Nil South West … 650 0.2 West … 1,919 0.9 Manchester … 4,300 2.0 Middlesbrough … 384 0.7 Newcastle-on-Tyne … 1,084 1.0 Norwich … 196 0.5 Nottingham … 231 0.2 Oxford … 2,072 3.4 Peterborough … 135 0.3 Plymouth … 36 0.1 Portsmouth … 1,270 2.1 Preston … 889 1.1 Reading … 3,290 4.2 Scotland West … 1,090 1.1 Sheffield … 809 1.0 Shrewsbury … 252 0.5 Southampton … 482 0.9
Telephone Area Waiting list 30th September 1962 Waiting list as a percentage of total number of subscribers Southend-on-Sea … 1,423 2.3 Stoke-on-Trent … 82 0.2 Swansea … 39 0.1 Taunton … 3 0.01 Tunbridge Wells … 288 0.4 West Midland … 2,431 2.8 York … 538 1.0
§ Mr. W. R. Williamsasked the Postmaster-General what was the size of the order list for telephones in each telephone area at 31st March, 1962, and 30th September, 1962.
§ Mr. BevinsAt the respective dates, the number of applications, most of which were in course of provision or under inquiry, were as follows:
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Order list Telephone Area 31st March, 1962 30th September, 1962 Aberdeen … 917 899 Bedford … 2,648 2,868 Belfast … 2,595 2,411 Birmingham … 8,164 8,307 Blackburn … 2,095 2,180 Bournemouth … 1,342 1,446 Bradford … 1,782 1,508 Brighton … 3,052 3,267 Bristol … 1,956 2,495 Cambridge … 2,363 2,623 Canterbury … 2,255 2,714 Cardiff … 3 364 3,233 Chester … L571 1,562 Colchester … 1,253 1,494 Coventry … 4,496 4,524 Dundee … 409 402 Edinburgh … 933 956 Exeter … 1,002 921 Glasgow … 3,365 3,070 Gloucester … 1,105 1,250 Guildford … 2,956 3,792 Lancaster … 1,365 1,298 Leeds … 2,713 2,725 Leicester … 1,464 1,636 Lincoln … 2,059 2,260 Liverpool … 3,560 3,369 London: Centre … 4,331 4,069 City … 4,004 3,019 East … 2,544 2,516 North … 3,338 3,851 North West … 2,245 2,917 South East … 2,769 2,448 South West … 4,732 4,232 West … 8,089 7,454 Manchester … 8,968 9,137 Middlesbrough … 1,542 1,501 Newcastle-on-Tyne … 3,687 3,583
Order list Telephone Area 31st March, 1962 30th September, 1962 Norwich … 930 929 Nottingham … 1,148 1,342 Oxford … 3,633 3,790 Peterborough … 887 855 Plymouth … 714 734 Portsmouth … 2,520 2,678 Preston … 3,237 3,079 Reading … 5,501 5,759 Scotland West … 2,828 2,803 Sheffield … 2,722 2,686 Shrewsbury … 1,154 1,217 Southampton … 1,314 1,519 Southend-on-Sea … 3,246 3,596 Stoke-on-Trent … 935 957 Swansea … 901 833 Taunton … 644 745 Tunbridge Wells … 1,529 1,463 West Midland … 5,033 5,162 York … 1,330 1,624