7. Mr. Vaneasked the Secretary of State for War how the 81,000 usable and repairable vehicles on Army Charge in Germany in June, 1947, have been disposed of.
§ Mr. ShinwellThose vehicles which are immediately surplus to the requirements of the Army in Germany have been or are being handed over to the disposal authorities in the usual way. Up to the end of April approximately 90,000 vehicles held by Rhine Army at the end of the war had been handed over for disposal or reissued. The rest are being kept and where necessary repaired as fast as the capacity of the workshops and the supply of spare parts allow.