§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will estimate how many(a) car and (b) portable telephones were purchased in Britain for the first three months of the current year; and if he will express the figures as a percentage change for the same period for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. ButcherThere are no official statistics but the information I have is as follows:
Number of units 1988 First quarter Mobile telephones 33,000 Portable telephones 17,000 Note: Includes transportable and hand portable.
Source: BIS Mackintosh Ltd.
Information comparing these figures with figures for the same period in each of the last three years is not available.