Telecommunications (Productivity and Costs)

HC Deb 24 April 1972 vol 835 c217W

Mr. Golding

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1) whether he will state the average annual

			Productivity	Telecommunications Staff Costs
			Productivity expressed as telephones working per 1,000 engineering man hours	Percentage improvement	Staff costs	Staff costs as percentage of Telecommunications expenditure
				Per cent.	£m.	Per cent.
1965–66	…	…	55.2		175.7	48.2
1966–67	…	…	59.0	6.9	190.3	47.1
1967–68	…	…	63.8	8.1	206.9	46.0
1968–69	…	…	67.8	6.3	229.0	44.2
1969–70	…	…	72.3	6.6	248.0	42.0
1970–71	…	…	The Report says "over 5 per cent."	269.0	39.4

Tariff indices covering the period 1960 to 1971 are printed on page 135 of the 1970–71 Report and Accounts. The retail price indevx rose by 33–7 points between September, 1964, and September, 1970.