§ Mr. W. R. Williamsasked the Postmaster-General (1) what the size of the waiting list for telephones was in each telephone area in the United Kingdom at 31st March, 1963; and what proportion this bore in each case to the total number of subscribers in the area;
(2) what was the size of the order list for telephones in each telephone area in the United Kingdom at 31st March, 1963.
§ Mr. BevinsThe figures are as follows: the difference between the order and waiting lists represents applications under inquiry or being met.
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Telephone Area Order list at 31st March, 1963 Waiting list at 31st March, 1963 Waiting list as a percentage of total number of subscribers Peterborough … … … 989 97 0.2 Plymouth … … … 891 65 0.1 Portsmouth … … … 2,838 1,352 2.2 Preston … … … … 2,794 731 0.9 Reading … … … … 5,428 3,219; 4.0 Scotland West … … … 3,002 1,301 1.3 Sheffield … … … … 2,761 661 0.8 Shrewsbury … … … 1,309 215 0.4 Southampton … … … 1,797 459 0.8 Southend-on-Sea … … 3,647 1,403 2.2 Stoke-on-Trent … … … 973 16 0.03 Swansea … … … … 787 Nil Nil Taunton … … … … 947 2 0.01 Tunbridge Wells … … 1,747 376 0.5 West Midland … … … 5,300 2,141 2.4 York … … … … 2,070 589 1.1