HC Deb 11 February 1959 vol 599 c209W
100. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Postmaster-General the average time between the reception of an application for, and the installation of, a telephone in the Epping and Ongar rural district of Essex.

Mr. Marples

Where exchange equipment and line plant are available the average time between the receipt of an application and the installation of a telephone is about seven weeks.