§ Mr. Bernard Floudasked the Postmaster-General what was the size of the waiting list for telephones in each telephone area in the United Kingdom at 30th September 1964; what percentage this was in each case of the total number of subscribers in the area; and what was the size of the order list for telephones in each telephone area of the United Kingdom at 30th September, 1964.
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§ Mr. BennThe 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 Waiting List 30th September, 1964 Waiting List as a percentage of total number of subscribers Order List 30th September, 1964 Aberdeen 113 0.2 906 Bedford 3297 5.1 5594 Belfast 30 0.03 1776 Birmingham 3350 2.0 7831 Blackburn 555 0.8 1877 Bournemouth 110 0.2 1513 Bradford 13 0.01 1581 Brighton 1030 0.8 3570 Bristol 450 0.4 2752 Cambridge 2061 2.9 4213 Canterbury 3415 4.0 5303 Cardiff 533 0.6 3030 Chester 551 0.9 1995 Colchester 516 0.9 1779 Coventry 1584 2.0 4923 Dundee 92 0.2 451 Edinburgh 85 0.08 1684 Exeter 109 0.2 1202 Glasgow 270 0.2 3151 Gloucester 460 0.8 1780 Guildford 2780 3.7 4423 Lancaster 168 0.3 1141 Leeds 506 0.5 2935 Leicester 887 1.0 2838 Lincoln 505 0.9 1998 Liverpool 543 0.3 4245 London/Centre Nil Nil 3078 London/City Nil Nil 3257 London/East 247 0.1 3651 London/North 342 0.2 5306 London/North West 44 0.02 3823 London/South East 201 0.08 3955 London/South West 808 0.3 6402 London/West 815 0.3 7140 Manchester 1686 0.7 6812 Middlesbrough 199 0.4 1601 Newcastle-on-Tyne 1136 1.01 3418 Norwich 248 0.5 1045 Nottingham 139 0.1 1628 Oxford 2663 3.8 5337 Peterborough 201 0.4 1245 Plymouth 109 0.2 1043 Portsmouth 1843 2.7 3537 Preston 1197 1.4 3390 Reading 2238 2.4 5477 Scotland West 1275 1.3 3273 Sheffield 584 0.7 2759 Shrewsbury 327 0.6 1459 Southampton 430 0.7 2103 Southend-on-Sea 1936 2.7 4317
Telephone Area WaitingList 30th September, 1964 Waiting List as a percentage of total number of subscribers Order List 30th September, 1964 Stoke-on-Trent 70 0.1 1160 Swansea Nil Nil 1096 Taunton 24 0.05 953 Tunbridge Wells 72 0.1 1622 West Midland 2697 2.6 6532 York 808 1.5 2158