asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the supply of new invalid tricycles is sufficient to enable the issue of a new vehicle to any disabled person requiring replacement of his existing vehicle; and if he will make a statement.

My Department currently has a stock of about 1,500 new and serviceable second-hand vehicles for this purpose.This stock will be supplemented by reusable vehicles which for a variety of reasons, are given up by existing users. I repeat the assurance my right hon. Friend gave to the House in his statement on 6th December 1977—[Vol. 940, c. 1124–29]—that we expect to go on providing replacement vehicles at least until 1982–83.