§ Mr. Charles A. Howellasked the Postmaster-General how many telephone kiosks have been installed in the past five years in the Birmingham 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, and 23 postal districts; how many are to be installed in the near future; and where they will be situated.
§ Mr. BevinsTwenty-one telephone kiosks have been installed in these districts in the past five years. Two more are to be installed in the near future, at Beechmont Drive and at Court Lane, both in Erdington, Birmingham 23.
§ Mr. Charles A. Howellasked the Postmaster-General how many telephones were installed in each of the last five years in the postal districts of Birmingham, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, and 23; how many are expected to be installed this year; and how many will be on the waiting list for each postal district.
§ Mr. BevinsThe information is not available by postal districts. The five postal districts mentioned are, in the main, served by the Great Barr, Erdington, and Birchfield Telephone Exchanges. For these exchanges the figures are:—
Telephones installed 1958 … … … 1,487 1959 … … … 1,133 1960 … … … 1,161 1961 … … … 986 1962 … … … 1,023 I hope to install about 1,700 telephones this year.
Leaving aside applications under inquiry or being met, the present waiting list numbers, 715, and I hope to reduce this by the end of the year.