Public Telephone Kiosks, London Area (Coin Box Thefts)

HC Deb 22 December 1965 vol 722 c456W

Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Postmaster-General (1) how many public telephone kiosks are now unusable or without coin boxes in Twickenham;

(2) how many coin boxes of the new type of telephone boxes have been stolen or taken away during 1965 in the Greater London area.

Mr. Benn

As estimated 5,000 new type coin-boxes have been stolen out of 7,000 in the London Telephone Area in 1965.

Nine of the 257 telephone kiosks in Twickenham are out of order.