HC Deb 29 July 1931 vol 255 c2310W
Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked the Postmaster-General the amount of money expended on the extension of the telephone system in Caithness and Sutherland in each of the years from 1925 to 1931, and the mileage of the extensions in each year?

Mr. ATTLEE

The following particulars relate to individual works costing over £200 each:

Year. Expenditure. Mileages of wire.
£ Miles.
1925 … … 664 21
1926 … … 29,396 579
1927 … … 2,080 110
1928 … … 9,444 468
1929 … … 296 21
1930 … … 6,621 212
Information as to works costing less than £200 (which would include practically all cases of provision of public call office circuits), could not be obtained without considerable labour and expense.