§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many requests for funding for mobility scooters were made in England and Wales during 1999. [117084]
§ Mr. BayleyInformation about the number of requests for scooters, as distinct from other Motability vehicles, is not held separately. However, during 1999 Motability supplied its UK customers with 3,641 powered wheelchairs and pavement scooters through its Hire Purchase Scheme, which is funded through the use of the customer's Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance or War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement.
Motability run a UK wide powered wheelchair and scooter scheme and figures recorded are combined to include both powered wheelchairs and scooters, on a UK basis. Separate figures for England and Wales are therefore not available.