HC Deb 21 February 1975 vol 886 c545W
Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the full accident statistics relating to motor invalid tricycles with manually-operated gearbox, motor invalid tricycles with automatic transmission, electrically-propelled invalid tricycles and four-wheeled vehicles, respectively, as issued by her Department in England for the years ended 30th September 1973 and 1974, respectively, listing all categories of information relating to vehicles on issue, numbers of accidents, types of accidents, incidence of overturning, drivers injured and drivers killed.

Mr. Alfred Morris

I would refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Mr. Lewis) on 4th November 1974.—[Vol. 880, c.87–90.]

Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will arrange for an independent analysis of all accident report forms relating to motor invalid tricycles with manually-operated gearbox, motor invalid tricycles with automatic transmission, electrically-propelled invalid triycles and four-wheeled vehicles provided by her Department, respectively, for the years ended 30th September 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, and 1974, to assess the incidence both of accidents possibly attributable to the design of the vehicle and of severe or slight injury to the drivers.

Mr. Alfred Morris

I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Churchill) on 18th February.—[Vol. 886, c.337–8.]