§ Mr. McBrideasked the Postmaster-General how many contracts for equipment required by his Department were placed in Wales in 1963; how many people were employed on these contracts; and what were, in £ sterling, the value of these contracts and the total expenditure on equipment in 1963 by his Department.
§ Mr. MawbyIn the year 1963–64 109 Post Office contracts for equipment were placed with firms in Wales. I am sorry that I cannot say how many people were employed on them. Their total value was £1,649,000 and the value of all the Post Office orders for equipment placed in the same period was £102.6 million. Over and above the 109 contracts mentioned the manufacture of Post Office equipment to the value of more than £700,000 was entrusted to factories in Wales as a result of orders placed with firms elsewhere.