asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will give particulars of postal, telegraph and telephone services for 1963-64 and 1964-65 in the terms of the reply to Question No. 41 of 9th April, 1964.
Written Answers. - Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services.
152.
The information required by the Deputy is as follows:
(1) Statement showing for the Telephone Service percentage increase over 1947 in (a) telephone traffic (b) subscribers, (c) mileage of trunk circuits, (d) numbers of staff, for the years ended 31/12/1963 and 31/12/1964.
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(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
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Year ended |
Estimated Traffic |
Subscribers' lines |
Trunk Circuit Mileage |
Numbers of Staff (Operating and Engineering) |
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Local Calls |
Trunk Calls |
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31/12/1963 |
200% |
137% |
281% |
426% |
80% |
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31/12/1964 |
212% |
137% |
300% |
500% |
109% |
(2) (i) The profit or loss on each service in 1963-64 and 1964-65 was as follows:—
Profit (+) or Loss (–)
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Year |
Postal Service |
Telegraph Service |
Telephone Service |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
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1963-64 |
–170,477 |
–191,228 |
+197,111 |
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1964-65 |
–144,798 |
–279,264 |
+356,783 |
(ii) The following table shows on the bases requested the amount expended under the Telephone Capital Acts in the years 1963-64 and 1964-65.
The total expended in the various categories does not correspond with the amount expended under the Acts as it is affected by the extent to which stocks of capital stores are run down or augmented. The amounts in each category have been expressed as percentages of the total cost of telephone capital works.
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1963-64 |
1964-65 |
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£ |
£ |
|
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(a)(i) Total expenditure under Telephone Capital Acts |
4,606,782 |
6,039,990 |
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(ii) less: stores added to stock |
450,000 |
250,000 |
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(iii) Total cost of Telephone Capital Works |
4,156,782 |
5,789,990 |
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(b) Details of (iii) above |
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1. New Exchange Buildings and Extension of existing Exchange Buildings. |
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Amount |
152,755 |
266,597 |
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Percentage of (a) (iii) |
3.7% |
4.6% |
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2. Equipment for new and extended exchanges |
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Amount |
1,021,593 |
1,543,615 |
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Percentage of(a) (iii) |
24.5% |
26.7% |
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3. Coaxial Trunk Circuits |
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Amount |
382,959 |
774,834 |
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Percentage of (a)(iii) |
9.2% |
13.4% |
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4. Other new trunk circuits |
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Amount |
713,517 |
875,459 |
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Percentage of (a) (iii) |
17.2% |
15.1% |
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5. Subscribers' Installations |
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Amount |
1,885,958 |
2,312,428 |
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Percentage of (a) (iii) |
45.4% |
39.9% |
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6. International Telecommunication Circuits |
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Amount |
— |
17,057 |
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Percentage of (a) (iii) |
0.3% |
(iii) The following table shows in respect of the years 1963-64 and 1964-65 for each service the total salaries and wages charged as expenditure, expressed as a percentage of the total receipts credited as income, in the commercial accounts. Salaries and wages of staff engaged on capital development and renewal works are excluded as these are covered in the commercial accounts by interest and depreciation provisions.
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Year |
Postal Service |
Telegraph Service |
Telephone Service |
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1963-64 |
75.2% |
83.6% |
41.8% |
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1964-65 |
78.1% |
93.4% |
43.3% |