§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 12 July 1999,Official Report, column 42, concerning public textphones, for what reasons BT' s plans have been superseded; and how many public textphones he estimates will be in service in 2000. [91946]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 19 July 1999]: BT' s plans for public textphone provision are a matter for the company and for Oftel. I understand, however, that usage of the existing public textphones has been disappointingly low.
It would be premature at this stage to estimate actual provision in 2000, which may be affected by a number of factors including use of existing public textphones, and any new measures which the Government decide to introduce.