§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will now increase the car allowance for disabled drivers to meet the increased cost of petrol.,
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisMy right hon. Friend announced on 21st November— [Vol. 881, c. 1555]—that all drivers of invalid vehicles and cars supplied by the Health Departments would be paid a petrol allowance of £10 a year. The private car allowance payable to similarly disabled people who drive their own cars is a contribution to general expenses of running the cars. As my hon. Friend will appreciate, the Government's priority for disabled people who do not have Ministry vehicles is the new mobility allowance, details of which were announced by my right hon. Friend on 13th September 1974.