§ 77. Mr. Walter Harrisonasked the Postmaster-General how many telephone maintenance engineers were employed by the Post Office in each of the years 1951–52 to 1964–65.
§ Mr. BennThe average number of engineers employed on maintenance (of telephone exchange equipment, subscriber's apparatus and line plant) has risen from 20,100 in 1951–2 to 24,100 in 1964–5. The details for each of the years in question are as follows:
1951–52 20,100 1952–53 20,300 1953–54 20,400 1954–55 20,500 1955–56 20,400 1956–57 20,500 1957–58 21,000 1958–59 21,400 1959–60 21,200 1960–61 21,300 1961–62 22,300 1962–63 23,300 1963–64 23,500 1964–65 24,100