§ 21. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Postmaster-General if he will state, to the last convenient date, the number of applicants on the waiting list for telephones in the city of Aberdeen; and how this number compares with the similar number for each of the last 10 years.
§ Miss PikeNearly 1,400 telephones were installed in Aberdeen last year. The following are the figures:
— Applications on the waiting list Applications under inquiry or in course of being met 31st March, 1962 90 190 31st March, 1953 1,507 398 31st March, 1954 568 667 31st March, 1955 1,222 256 31st March, 1956 1,103 649 31st March, 1957 453 221 31st March, 1958 71 178 31st March, 1959 42 200 31st March, 1960 79 275 31st March, 1961 88 343