§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will provide equivalent figures on telephone calls to those given by the then hon. Member for Wembley, South on 23 January 1968,Official Report, column 331, for the latest available date.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe latest year for which such information is publicly available is 1983. In that year some 21.5 billion effective telephone calls were made, of which 82.6 per cent. were local calls; 16.7 per cent. inland trunk calls; 0.43 per cent. were continental calls and 0.26 per cent. were other overseas calls.