§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) for each of the last five years, how much the Department has spent on maintaining electric-powered wheelchairs for (a) indoor use and (b) outdoor use; and what is the average cost for each type of electric-powered wheelchair;
(2) for each of the last five years, how many people have been issued with electric-powered indoor wheelchairs; how many of these have also been issued with an outdoor attendant-controlled electric wheelchair; and what is the cost of supplying indoor electric-powered wheelchairs;
(3) for each of the last five years (a) how much has been spent on the wheelchair services, (b) how many attendant-controlled electric powered wheelchairs have been (i) issued and (ii) bought as new by his Department and (c) what is the cost of providing attendant-controlled electric wheelchairs;
(4) for each of the last five years, how many people have applied for (a) an indoor electric-powered wheelchair and (b) an outdoor electric-powered wheelchair and had their application refused in each case;
(5) how many representations he has received on the need to provide occupant-controlled electric-powered wheelchairs that have either indoor and outdoor use or outdoor use only.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.