HC Deb 23 November 1964 vol 702 cc139-40W
Mr. More

asked the Postmaster-General if he will give, by telephone areas, the proportion of applicants for connections who are still awaiting telephones at the present date.

Mr. Benn

Leaving aside orders under inquiry and being met the position at 30th September, 1964, the latest date for which figures are available, is as follows:

Telephone Area Waiting list as a percentage of total number of subscribers in the area
Aberdeen 0.2
Bedford 5.1
Belfast 0.03
Birmingham 2.0
Blackburn 0.8
Bournemouth 0.2
Bradford 0.01
Brighton 0.8
Bristol 0.4
Cambridge 2.9
Canterbury 4.0
Cardiff 0.6
Chester 0.9
Colchester 0.9
Coventry 2.0
Dundee 0.2
Edinburgh 0.08
Exeter 0.2
Glasgow 0.2
Gloucester 0.8
Guildford 3.7
Lancaster 0.3
Leeds 0.5
Leicester 1.0
Lincoln 0.9
Liverpool 0.3
London/Centre Nil
London/City Nil
London/East 0.1
London/North 0.2
London/North West 0.02
London/South East 0.08
London/South West 0.3
London/West 0.3
Manchester 0.7
Middlesbrough 0.4
Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.01
Norwich 0.5
Nottingham 0.1
Oxford 3.8
Peterborough 0.4
Plymouth 0.2
Portsmouth 2.7
Preston 1.4
Reading 2.4
Scotland West 1.3
Sheffield 0.7
Shrewsbury 0.6
Southampton 0.7
Southend-on-Sea 2.7
Stoke-on-Trent 0.1
Swansea Nil
Taunton 0.05
Tunbridge Wells 0.1
West Midland 2.6
York 1.5

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