§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the reasons for the delay in restoring the value of the cash allowances paid to severely disabled war pensioners, either in respect of their departmental cars or for the maintenance of their private cars; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThese allowances have been left unchanged for many years and by successive Governments. I am glad, therefore, to have been able recently to announce substantial increases, from July this year, in both the war pensioners' car maintenance allowance and the private car maintenance allowance. For the details of the increases, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) and to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kempton (Mr. Bowden) on 27th April.—[Vol. 948, c.624.]