HC Deb 05 July 1976 vol 914 cc408-10W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of telephones per 100,000 of population in each year since 1960 in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, if he will

Year Denmark Belgium France Western Germany
1960 18,200 8,490 5,000 5,870
1961 19,000 8,920 5,200 6,320
1962 19,800 9,420 5,400 6,830
1963 20,400 9,950 5,700 7,320
1964 21,100 10,490 5,900 7,840
1965 21,600 11,050 6,300 8,420
1966 22,100 11,690 6,600 9,160
1967 22,600 12,160 6,900 10,090
1968 23,100 12,730 7,400 11,170
1969 24,200 13,220 7,800 12,660
1970 25,300 13,860 8,400 14,420
1971 26,500 14,730 9,000 16,070
1972 28,100 15,660 9,800 17,520
1973 29,900 N.A. N.A. 18,910
1974 31,600 N.A. N.A. 20,150
1975 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
1976 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Year Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands
1960 N.A. 6,070 N.A. 9,000
1961 N.A. 6,590 N.A. 9,600
1962 N.A. 7,150 N.A. 10,300
1963 N.A. 7,620 N.A. 10,900
1964 5,490 8,140 16,460 11,500
1965 5,790 8,700 17,880 12,200
1966 6,140 9,260 19,400 12,900
1967 6,660 9,860 20,090 13,700
1968 7,010 10,510 22,020 14,600
1969 7,490 11,230 23,080 15,400
1970 7,950 12,000 24,110 16,800
1971 8,350 12,900 25,360 18,300
1972 8,730 13,980 26,440 19,600
1973 9,300 15,300 27,840 20,900
1974 N.A. 16,370 N.A. 22,500
1975 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
1976 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Year United Kingdom Canada U.S.A.
1960 9,200 N.A. N.A.
1961 9,600 N.A. N.A.
1962 9,800 N.A. N.A.
1963 10,100 N.A. N.A.
1964 10,500 25,750 29,390
1965 11,200 26,530 29,990
1966 12,100 27,330 30,410
1967 12,700 28,080 31,320
1968 13,500 28,810 32,050
1969 14,300 29,600 32,920
1970 15,500 30,350 33,670
1971 16,600 31,360 34,190
1972 18,100 32,540 35,210
1973 19,700 33,740 36,730
1974 21,400 N.A. N.A.
1975 22,806 N.A. N.A.
1976 23,757 N.A. N.A.

give comparable figures for each of the other EEC countries, Canada and the United States of America.

Mr. Les Huckfield

The Post Office tells me that the figures, in so far as they are available, are as follows—the figures for the United Kingdom data are at 31st March, other countries at 31st December: