§ 75. Mr. Martenasked the Postmaster-General if he will state the size of the waiting list for telephones in the Oxford telephone area at the end of March and the end of September in the years 1959, 1960 and 1961; and what proportion these figures bore to the total number of subscribers.
§ Mr. BevinsThe following are the figures:
— March September Number Waiting Percentage of total subscribers Number Waiting Percentage of total subscribers 1959 2,054 3.9 1,905 3.5 1960 1,960 3.5 3,688 5.0 1961 3,044 5.4 2,208 3.8