§ Mr. Hugh D. Brownasked the Postmaster-General how many persons are at the latest date on the waiting list for telephones in each telephone area in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and what proportion this bears to the total number of subscribers in each area.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThe figures, as at the 31st December, 1966 are as follows:170W
Telephone area Waiting list Waiting list as a percentage of telephone connections Aberdeen 123 0.17 Bedford 4,689 5.79 Belfast 1,143 1.04 Birmingham 11,675 6.01 Blackburn 39 0.05 Bournemouth 684 0.81 Bradford 180 0.17 Brighton 231 0.15 Bristol 770 0.57 Cambridge 1,380 1.59 Canterbury 4,637 5.00 Cardiff 795 0.73 Chester 1,070 1.53 Colchester 659 0.99 Coventry 4,431 4.60 Dundee 8 0.02 Edinburgh 1,101 0.86 Exeter 404 0.55 Glasgow 2,558 1.13 Gloucester 844 1.31 Guildford 2,141 2.36 Lancaster 96 0.17 Leeds 1,724 1.50 Leicester 331 0.31 Lincoln 365 0.53 Liverpool 2,096 0.94 London Centre — — London City 1,393 1.80 London East 11,143 4.92 London North 3,925 1.69 London North Central 618 1.10 London North West 1,567 0.61 London South 3,164 1.77 London South East 6,989 2.72 London South West 5,949 3.06 London West 4,026 1.51 Manchester 9,029 3.27 Middlesbrough 1,003 1.46 Newcastle 2,066 1.56 Norwich 525 0.95 Nottingham 844 0.65 Oxford 1,101 1.23 Peterborough 105 0.20 Plymouth 483 0.67 Portsmouth 1,236 1.48 Preston 249 0.24 Reading 2,181 1.89 Scotland West 4,111 3.39 Sheffield 1,797 1.84 Shrewsbury 22 0.04 Southampton 1,551 2.09 Southend 5,407 6.06 Stoke 931 1.53 Swansea 492 0.90 Taunton 288 0.58 Tunbridge Wells 11 0.01 West Midland 5,280 4.27 York 8 0.01