§ Mr. Hugh D. Brownasked the Postmaster-General if he will provide figures for the size of the waiting list for telephones in each telephone area in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and what proportion this bore in each case to the total number of subscribers in each area on 30th June, 1966 and 31st December, 1965.
§ Mr. Edward ShortThe figures are as follows:
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At 30th June, 1966 At 31st December, 1965 Telephone Area Waiting List Waiting List as per cent. of Telephone Connections Waiting List Waiting List as per cent. of Telephone Connections Liverpool … 3,576 1.65 1,336 0.64 London/Centre … 0 — 0 — London/City … 1,516 1.65 660 0.73 London/East … 10,355 4.86 5,425 2.66 London/North … 5,726 2.43 2,515 1.08 London/North Central … — — — — London/North West … 1,750 0.69 1,105 0.45 London/South … 3,281 1.86 — — London/South East … 7,499 2.99 4,576 1.63 London/South West … 5,572 2.93 3,342 1.06 London/West … 4,052 1.54 2,374 0.94 Manchester … 10,706 3.97 4,789 1.84 Middlesbrough … 965 1.44 465 0.73 Newcastle … 1,375 1.06 1,307 1.06 Norwich … 656 1.22 112 0.22 Nottingham … 1,137 0.90 1,536 1.28 Oxford … 1,177 1.36 741 0.92 Peterborough … 35 0.07 16 0.03 Plymouth … 783 1.11 521 0.76 Portsmouth … 1,344 1.68 1,600 2.13 Preston … 73 0.07 205 0.21 Reading … 2,768 2.51 2,418 2.32 Scotland West … 3,227 2.73 1,254 1.11 Sheffield … 2,586 2.70 821 0.89 Shrewsbury … 32 0.05 155 0.27 Southampton … 1,712 2.39 782 0.14 Southend … 5,343 6.25 3,916 4.82 Stoke … 857 1.44 433 0.76 Swansea … 540 1.01 191 0.37 Taunton … 179 0.37 80 0.17 Tunbridge Wells … 13 0.02 228 0.28 West Midland … 6,843 5.83 4,602 4.09 York … 53 0.08 284 0.47