§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons were awarded mobility allowance, for the first time, during 1982; and of these how many were awarded the allowance for a period of less than four years.
§ Mr. RossiThe number of new awards of mobility allowance made during 1982 was 59,040. Information about the length of these awards is not available but of the 253,100 people in receipt of mobility allowance on 31 December 1982, 26,030 had awards of four years or less.