§ 9. Mr. O'Halloranasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what was the total loss in revenue due to unpaid telephone accounts over the past five years, giving the figures for each year separately.
§ Sir J. EdenThe total loss was £10.7 million.
Following are the details:
Total loss of revenue due to unpaid accounts £m. Percentage of total revenue 1968–69 0.8 0.16 1969–70 0.8 0.13 1970–71 1.5 0.20 1971–72 2.7 0.33 1972–73 4.9 0.52