§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ask the disablement services authority to reconsider its directive which limits the supply of spare artificial limbs to certain categories of people; and if he will seek an assessment from the authority of how much money it hopes to save by this new ruling.
§ Mr. MellorThese are matters for the Disablement Services Authority, to which the right hon. Member should address this question.
§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, before the disablement services authority was established(a) what was the policy regarding the provision of spare artificial limbs, (b) which people were entitled to them and (c) what proportion of those entitled had them provided.
§ Mr. MellorSpare artificial limbs were issued only where an artificial limb and appliance centre medical officer could see that there were clinical grounds for the issue.