HC Deb 21 November 1961 vol 649 cc120-1W
Mr. W. R. Williams

asked the Postmaster-General what the size of the order list for telephones was in each telephone area in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at 24th July, 31st August, and 30th September, 1961.

Mr. Bevins

I regret that figures for the 24th July are not available. I give below figures for the 30th June and 31st July besides August and September.

Telephone Area Order List
30th June, 1961 31st July, 1961 31st August, 1961 30th September, 1961
London/North West 3,296 3,320 2,935 2,784
London/South East 3,361 3,160 2,643 2,492
London/South West 6,222 5,919 5,589 5,324
London/ West 9,255 8,852 8,458 7,929
Manchester 9,077 9,368 9,440 9,277
Middlesbrough 1,998 1,968 1,866 1,800
Newcastle-on-Tyne 4,434 4,389 4,322 4,143
Norwich 941 972 921 928
Nottingham 1,740 1,640 1,610 1,462
Oxford 3,998 4,116 4,127 3,940
Peterborough 836 867 802 833
Plymouth 732 712 678 679
Portsmouth 2,578 2,567 2,410 2,395
Preston 3,535 3,410 3,273 2,958
Reading 4,883 4,882 4,804 4,854
Scotland West 3,558 3,318 3,162 3,146
Sheffield 3,389 3,363 3,167 2,976
Shrewsbury 1,381 1,349 1,256 1,207
Southampton 1,450 1,440 1,390 1,380
Southend-on-Sea 3,777 3,762 3,596 3,509
Stoke-on-Trent 1,239 1,261 1,100 1,040
Swansea 1,105 1,010 963 895
Taunton 597 512 526 484
Tunbridge Wells 1,937 1,869 1,763 1,676
West Midland 5,861 5,746 5,579 5,243
York 1,418 1,392 1,373 1,327