§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Postmaster-General how many public telephones have been reported during the period 1st October, 1966–31st January, 1967 as being out of order for more than two days in Leigh Park, Havant; how many of these have been repaired, and at what cost; and what percentage of out-of-order public telephones to total public telephones is considered to be acceptable in this area and in Portsmouth and the United Kingdom as a whole, respectively.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterSix, all of which had been wilfully damaged. Three have been repaired so as to restore emergency call facilities.
Our aim is to keep all public telephones in full working order, but with 130,000 incidents of wilful damage a year it is not possible to keep them all working all the time.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Postmaster-General what is the ratio of new public telephones to total resident population installed in the United Kingdom, Hampshire and Leigh Park in the years 1964, 1965, and 1966, respectively.
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§ Mr. Joseph SlaterI am sorry that the information is not available and could only be obtained as a result of extensive inquiries which I do not consider to be justified. New kiosks were provided at Leigh Park in 1964 and 1966, and another has just been added, making 18 in all.