§ Mr. Farrasked the Postmaster-General if he will make arrangements for elderly people to pay their gas accounts at local post offices.
Mr. ShortYes. When the National Giro starts in 1968, anyone who wishes to will be able to pay his gas account at a post office, provided his Gas Board has a Giro account. The Post Office is already discussing with Gas Boards how this can best be arranged.
Grant Paid Year Argyll Caithness Inverness Orkney Ross and Cromarty Sutherland Zetland Total £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1946–47 … 2,820 — — — — 161 3,500 6,481 1947–48 … — — 10,005 — 2,860 9,050 17,400 39,315 1948–49 … 40 4,646 6,160 1,505 8,509 11,891 10,981 43,732 1949–50 … 7,562 6,017 54,930 6,653 15,398 9,096 5,999 105,655 1950–51 … 12,416 — 29,106 10,359 2,083 9,211 5,746 68,921 1951–52 … 10,925 8,019 25,575 8,917 24,700 4,211 4,160 86,507 1952–53 … 7,075 9,188 33,058 7,616 47,505 8,211 2,948 115,601 1953–54 … 4,463 8,909 15,883 5,158 30,068 6,943 5,156 76,580 1954–55 … 15,394 2,698 26,821 6,038 30,728 20,681 5,310 107,670 1955–56 … 16,765 — 53,309 8,436 24,823 9,307 1,156 113,796 1956–57 … 17,202 3,421 41,651 5,326 45,463 19,745 6,710 139,518 1957–58 … 18,937 4,645 18,312 5,711 12,561 3,027 6,530 69,723 1958–59 … 51,814 16,224 53,714 20,705 18,434 22,889 14,136 197,916 1959–60 … 43,866 27,785 97,182 38,495 34,375 55,241 35,527 332,471 1960–61 … 53,879 21,749 97,750 43,768 57,364 32,829 20,373 327,712 1961–62 … 49,370 10,653 86,038 36,366 28,197 51,553 37,383 299,560 1962–63 … 30,938 14,395 79,141 22,881 76,246 20,297 31,155 275,053 1963–64 … 44,011 605 107,737 36,306 60,441 59,384 45,045 353,529 1964–65 … 63,517 30,819 91,400 31,152 26,529 43,101 14,393 300,911 1965–66 … 12,021 16,329 124,714 26,364 48,389 18,657 46,435 292,909