§ 24 and 25. Mr. Eadieasked the Postmaster-General (1) how many private telephone subscribers in the county of Midlothian, to date, share a party line; what is the waiting list of private subscribers who require their own line; and how many applications he has received from people who have no telephone facilities at present;
(2) how many people, respectively, in Scotland, England and Wales who are private telephone subscribers share a party line; how many of such categories have their own line; how many who have party lines are on the waiting list for their own line; and what is the waiting list for people who wish to have a telephone.
§ Mr. StonehouseI regret that figures for residential subscribers who require exclusive lines are not available.
Followins are the figures:
Number of private Shared Service subscribers Number of private Exclusive line subscribers Number on waiting list Midlothian 2,275 6,164 219 Scotland 142,784 339,275 9,213 England 1,149,536 3,261,838 86,964 Wales 58,084 140,754 3,787