§ Mr. W. R. Williamsasked 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. BevinsI 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.
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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