§ Mr. Eadieasked the Postmaster-General how many telephone connections, not including extension telephones or private systems, were working in Scotland in the years 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966; and what this represented each year in capital investment.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThe number of telephone connections working in Scotland at the end of the following financial years were:
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At 30th June, 1966 At 31st December, 1965 Telephone Area Waiting List Waiting List as per cent. of Telephone Connections Waiting List Waiting List as per cent. of Telephone Connections Aberdeen … … … 113 0.16 16 0.02 Bedford … … … 4,111 5.25 2,970 4.04 Belfast … … … 315 0.29 46 0.04 Birmingham … … … 9,612 5.04 3,380 1.86 Blackburn … … … 25 0.03 518 0.67 Bournemouth … … 327 0.39 134 0.16 Bradford … … … 161 0.16 149 0.15 Brighton … … … 165 0.11 117 0.08 Bristol … … … 818 0.63 373 0.30 Cambridge … … … 2,683 3.23 1,908 2.41 Canterbury … … … 4,887 5.01 4,121 4.45 Cardiff … … … 1,026 0.98 561 0.57 Chester … … … 629 0.92 360 0.55 Colchester … … … 1,340 2.09 1,098 1.80 Coventry … … … 3,862 4.15 2,565 2.93 Dundee … … … 1 — 12 0.02 Edinburgh … … … 967 0.77 369 0.31 Exeter … … … 232 0.32 83 0.13 Glasgow … … … 1,049 0.48 80 0.04 Gloucester … … … 547 0.87 460 0.77 Guildford … … … 2,636 3.03 2,570 3.12 Lancaster … … … 72 0.12 51 0.09 Leeds … … … 1,248 1.11 540 0.51 Leicester … … … 807 0.79 530 0.55 Lincoln … … … 495 0.74 218 0.34
1959–60 … … 448,213 1960–61 … … 465,782 1961–62 … … 476,474 1962–63 … … 486,561 1963–64 … … 505,110 1964–65 … … 535,886 1965–66 … … 583,172 Figures to show the annual net value of telecommunication fixed assets in Scotland are not available, but capital investment in telecommunications plant in Scotland each year from 1960–61 (the earliest year for which figures can be given) was:
£ million 1960–61 … … … 7.8 1961–62 … … … 8.6 1962–63 … … … 9.2 1963–64 … … … 11.5 1964–65 … … … 12.4 1965–66 … … … 13.3