§ Mrs. Monksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for cars have been granted to sufferers from respiratory trouble to enable them to drive themselves to work; and how many have been refused in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. AlisonAt the present time some 300 disabled people with respiratory diseases have cars to enable them to get to work. Following the extension of the vehicle service which my right hon. Friend introduced in February 1972 about a further 300 cars have been issued to severely disabled people with respiratory trouble and some of these may use their vehicles to get to work. In the last 12 months about 17 applicants suffering from this group of diseases have been found ineligible.