§ 39. Sir W. Teelingasked the Postmaster-General how many people are on the Brighton telephone exchange waiting 124W list for telephones; how many have to use shared lines; what has been the improvement in the situation in the last six months; and how many subscribers gave up their telephones in Brighton in the year 1962.
§ Mr. BevinsThe number of people on the Brighton telephone exchange waiting list is 51 and the number of sharing subscribers 4,895. In the last six months the waiting list has fallen by 77. During 1962 about 1,500 subscribers gave up their telephones: this figure consists mainly of subscribers removing to another address.