HC Deb 20 February 1968 vol 759 cc93-4W
Mr. Pounder

asked the Postmaster-General what was the value of telecommunications orders placed in Northern Ireland by his Department in each of the years 1957 to 1967, inclusive, together with the estimate for 1968.

Mr. Edward Short

No reliable estimate for 1967–68 is yet available. The earlier figures (which include a small amount for postal stores) are:

£000
1957 145
1958 64
1959 141
1960 571
1st January, 1961–31st March,1962 849
1962–63 1,208
1963–64 899
1964–65 1,841
1965–66 6,262
1966–67 5,613
In 1963–64 our suppliers of exchange equipment and telephone apparatus began to manufacture in Northern Ireland; and the figures for this and the following years include the approximate value of this work.

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