§ Mr. Hoggasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many N.F.S. vehicles have been reported as surplus to the Ministry of Supply; and how long on the average elapses between the report and the transfer to the Minister of Supply of the vehicles under the scheme for the disposal of Government stores.
§ Mr. EdeThe number of National Fire Service vehicles reported surplus to the Ministry of Supply over the past three years is 30,065.. I regret that the information asked for in the second part of the Question is not available, and, seeing that over 22,000 vehicles have been dealt with, it would be a formidable task to go through the records to obtain it.