HC Deb 05 April 1950 vol 473 cc157-8W
105. Wing-Commander Hulbert

asked the Postmaster-General the number of applicants outstanding for telephone facilities in Stockport; and how many telephones have been installed in that area during the past 12 months.

Mr. Ness Edwards

One thousand eight hundred and forty applications are outstanding; 618 were met during the past 12 months.

Mr. Emrys Roberts

asked the Postmaster-General how many telephones have been installed in the County of Merioneth in 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949; and how many applications are still outstanding.

Mr. Ness Edwards

One hundred and seventy-one, 142, 152, and 151 in 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949 respectively; 426 applications are outstanding.

Mr. Amory

asked the Postmaster-General how long he estimates it will take to satisfy all outstanding applications for telephone connections in the Exeter district of Devon.

Mr. Ness Edwards

There should be a substantial reduction in the waiting list in the Exeter district during the next two years, but with present restrictions on Post Office capital resources, I cannot say when all outstanding applications will be cleared.

Mr. Gammans

asked the Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones on the Mountview Exchange are still outstanding; and when he expects that they will all have been satisfied.

Mr. Ness Edwards

Two thousand and fifty-six applications are outstanding. With additional plant now planned, about 1,000 should be met in the next two years; but I cannot say when all applications will be cleared.