HC Deb 25 January 1971 vol 810 cc25-6W
Mr. Scott

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what is the impact on the volume of Commonwealth news transmitted from or received in the United Kingdom of the increase in the charge from 1d. to 3d. per word for Commonwealth Press cable rates.

Mr. Chataway

The charges for Commonwealth Press telegrams were in-

NET INCOME SCALE:
WHERE THE NET WEEKLY INCOME OF THE PARENT OF A FAMILY OF ANY SIZE SPECIFIED IN PART A OF THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS LESS THAN ANY AMOUNT SHOWN IN THE CORRESPONDING ENTRY IN PART B, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN RESPECT OF WHOM THE CHARGE SHALL BE REMITTED IS THE NUMBER AT THE HEAD OF THE COLUMN IN PART B IN WHICH THERE APPEARS THE LOWEST AMOUNT IN THAT ENTRY WHICH EXCEEDS HIS INCOME
PART A PART B
Net weekly income in £p
Size of family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 … 11.95
2 … 14.70 14.10
3 … 17.45 16.85 16.25
4 … 20.20 19.60 19.00 18.40
5 … 22.95 22.35 21.75 21.15 20.55
6 … 25.70 25.10 24.50 23.90 23.30 22.70
7 … 28.45 27.85 27.25 26.65 26.05 25.45 24.85
8 … 31.20 30.60 30.00 29.40 28.80 28.20 27.60 27.00
9 … 33.95 33.35 32.75 32.15 31.55 30.95 30.35 29.75 29.15
10 … 36.70 36.10 35.50 34.90 34.30 33.70 33.10 32.50 31.90 31.30

creased by the last Government and are now a responsibility of the Post Office. The effect of the 1967 increase cannot accurately be gauged; the decline in the volume of such telegrams started some years before and may in part be due to increasing use of other telecommunications services.