§ Mr. Masonasked the Postmaster-General what was the size of the waiting list for telephones in each telephone area in the United Kingdom at 31st March, 1964; what percentage this was in each case of the total number of subscribers in the area; and what was the size of the order list for telephones in each telephone area of the United Kingdom at 31st March, 1964.
§ Mr. MawbyThe figures are as follows: the difference between the order156W and waiting lists represents applications under inquiry or being met.
Telephone Area Waiting list 31st March, 1964 Waiting list as a percentage of total number of subscribers Order list 31st March, 1964 Aberdeen 63 0.1 1,016 Bedford 2,586 4.2 4,618 Belfast 80 0.09 2,127 Birmingham 2,500 1.6 7,948 Blackburn 599 0.9 1,845 Bournemouth 162 0.2 1,375 Bradford 16 0.02 1,711 Brighton 968 0.8 3,383 Bristol 550 0.5 2,931 Cambridge 1,562 2.2 3,808 Canterbury 2,374 2.9 4,980 Cardiff 783 0.9 3,275 Chester 555 0.9 1,746 Colchester 685 1.3 1,887 Coventry 2,098 2.8 5,041 Dundee 58 0.1 535 Edinburgh 84 0.07 1,135 Exeter 5 0.007 1,086 Glasgow 401 0.2 3,240 Gloucester 468 0.9 1,532 Guildford 1,916 2.6 4,235 Lancaster 301 0.6 1,183 Leeds 617 0.6 2,900 Leicester 889 1.0 2,641 Lincoln 782 1.4 2,217 Liverpool 1,029 0.5 4,411 London/Centre Nil Nil 3,597 London/City Nil Nil 2,702 London/East 509 0.3 3,422 London/North 228 0.1 4,897 London/North West 292 0.1 4,016 London/South East 66 0.03 3,747 London/South West 921 0.3 6,527 London/West 690 0.3 6,577 Manchester 2,175 0.9 8,560 Middlesbrough 210 0.4 1,636 Newcastle-on-Tyne 1,313 1.2 3,529 Norwich 232 0.5 882 Nottingham 53 0.05 1,451 Oxford 2,176 3.2 4,860 Peterborough 283 0.6 1,342 Plymouth 114 0.2 1,014 Portsmouth 1,643 2.5 3,392 Preston 1,145 1.3 3,376 Reading 2,541 2.9 5,642 Scotland West 1,136 1.1 3,108 Sheffield 756 0.9 3,275 Shrewsbury 237 0.5 1,499 Southampton 652 1.0 2,339 Southend-on-Sea 1,393 2.0 4,258 Stoke-on-Trent Nil Nil 1,509 Swansea Nil Nil 881 Taunton 69 0.1 947 Tunbridge Wells 232 0.3 1,746 West Midland... 2,480 2.6 6,142 York 548 0.1 1,790