§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Minister of Supply how many motor vehicles have been declared to him as surplus by each Department; what steps have been taken for disposal; and what is the geographical distribution of those awaiting disposal.
§ Mr. WilmotThe numbers of motor transport vehicles, including motor-cycles, which have been declared surplus for disposal in this country are as follow:
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By the War Office 224,000 By the Air Ministry 35,000 By the Admiralty 10,000 By all other Government Departments and United States and Canadian Forces 97,000 Total 366,000 Numbers disposed of to end of September, 1946, totalled about 295,000, including re-issues to other Government Departments, supplies to U.N.R.R.A. and purchasing Allied Governments for relief, sales to local authorities, sales through the motor trade and by public auction, and breakdown and scrapping of vehicles beyond further use. The bulk of the remainder awaiting disposal in this country are located at the following places, where auctions are planned to take place in the near future:
Winterslow; Mount Farm, Dorchester, Oxon.; Salisbury; Ruddington, Yorks.; Toddington, Glos.; Kirmington, Lincs.; Govan, Glasgow; Duddingston, Edinburgh; Grantham; Spanhoe, nr. Kettering; Byram Hall, nr. Pontefract; Bourne, Cambs.; Saffron Walden; Bordon, Hants.; Taunton; Burtonmood. Lancs; Sevenoaks; Nuneaton