HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 cc156-7W
136. Mr. Walker-Smith

asked the Minister of Works what is the average time between the receipt of a properly completed application for a W.B.A. priority symbol number at the London area office of his Department and the issue of the symbol number.

Mr. Tomlinson

About four weeks.

137. Mr. Walker-Smith

asked the Minister of Works how many applications for W.B.A. priority symbol numbers which have been received by the London area office of his Department had not, up to the most recent date for which information is available, been dealt with.

Mr. Tomlinson

On 24th July, 1946, there were 1,509 applications for W.B.A. priority under consideration at the London Regional Office.