§ Mr. Brian Parkynasked the Postmaster-General what is the cost of new telephone and telephone exchange equipment installed during the past five years, not
1962–63 £m. 1963–64 £m. 1964–65 £m. 1965–66 £m. 1966–67 £m. Subscribers apparatus … … 27.5 34.2 38.1 43.2 45.1 Exchange equipment … … 26.0 34.2 41.0 45.0 60.7 These figures do not include expenditure on the local cable network.
The value of items of non-British manufacture included in the above figures is less than one-half of one per cent. of the total.