§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East on 4 June, if he will consider issuing reconditioned invalid vehicles to 16-year-old disabled youths and girls who cannot benefit from Mot-ability; and how many re-usable three-wheelers were not reconditioned before being stored.
§ Mr. PrenticeAs I indicated in my reply to the hon. Member's question on 4 June—[Vol. 985, c.769–70]—we expect to need all the re-usable vehicles we have in store as replacements for three-wheelers currently in service.
One thousand one hundred vehicles were not reconditioned before being sent to store. Many of these vehicles have been specially adapted to suit the particu- 66W lar needs of severely disabled individuals and not all are suitable for general issue.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many reconditioned invalid vehicles, petrol-powered and electric-powered, have been held by his Department in each year since 1976; and how many have been re-issued in each year since 1976.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe information is not available but the following estimates have been made.
Number of vehicles becoming available for re-issue in the year ended:
Petrol Electric 31 March 1977 2,400 150 31 March 1978 2,200 140 31 March 1979 1,800 80 31 March 1980 1,700 40 Number of vehicles re-issued in year ended:
Petrol Electric 31 March 1977 2,100 230 31 March 1978 1,900 60 31 March 1979 1,600 30 31 March 1980 2,000 20