§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Industry what were the prices charged for various services offered by Post Office telephones for the years 1963, 1969, 1973, 1974 and 1975, including charges for local calls, examples of trunk calls, transfer charge calls, transfer of calls service, and the speaking clock.
§ Mr. Gregor MackenzieRepresentative examples are given in the following table. Examples are given below as at 15th October in each year.
Dialled call prices are given as the notional price per three minutes taking fractions of units where the time given is not divisible into three minutes. Operator charges are for three minutes. All prices are shown in decimal currency.
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Calls Ordinary Coinbox 1963 1969 1973 1974 1975 1963 1969 1973 1974 1975 Unit charge—minimum fee … … 0.83p 0.83p 1P 1.5p 3p 1.25p 2.5p 2p 2p 2p Local dialled— Peak Rate … … 0.42p 0.63p 1p 1.5p 4.5p 0.63p 1.25p 2p 2p 3p Standard Rate … … 3p Cheap Rate … … 0.21p 0.31p 0.25p 0.375p 1.125p 0.31p 0.63p 2p 2p 3p Local—via operator— Peak Rate … … 0.42p 0.63p 1p 1.5p 6p 0.63p 1.25p 2p 2p 4p Standard Rate … … Cheap Rate … … 0.21p 0.31p 0.25p 0.375p 2p 0.31p 0.63p 2p 2p 4p Maximum distance truck call— dialled— Peak Rate … … 15p 18.75p 22.5p 22.5p 54p 22.5p 28p 30p 36p 36p Standard Rate … … 18p 18p 36p Cheap Rate … … 10p 5p 4.5p 3.75p 9p 15p 7.5p 10p 12p 18p via operator— Peak Rate … … 20p 20p 25.5p 27p 60p 21p 25p 32p 42p 72p Standard Rate … … 22.5p 22.5p 42p Cheap Rate … … 11p 10p 7.5p 7.5p 15p 12.5p 12.5p 14p 16p 42p Special facilities— Transfer charge Supplementary fee … … 1.25p 2.5p 4p 6p 12p 1.25p 2.5p 4p 6p 12p Transfer of calls service— Rental per quarter … … £2 £4 £5 £5 £5 — — — — — Switching fee … … Nil Nil Nil 2p 30p — — — — — Speaking Clock … … 0.83p 0.83p 1p 1.5p 3p 1.25p 2.5p 2p 2p 2p