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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much funding the Government provided to Motability in each year since it was founded, broken down into (a) the equipment fund, (b) the administration fund and (c) any other payments. [146346] Mr. Bayley: The information is as follows: Details of funding allocated to Motability since the scheme's inception £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mobility equipment fund/drivers Administration Other fund 1977-78 -- 12 -- 1978-79 -- 168 -- 1979-80 -- 229 -- 1980-81 -- 290 -- 1981-82 -- 310 -- 1982-83 -- 333 -- 1983-84 -- 336 -- 1984-85 -- 348 -- 1985-86 -- 517 -- 1986-87 -- 660 -- 1987-88 -- 682 -- 1988-89 -- 780 -- 1989-90 -- 516 {1}5,000 1990-91 -- 1,112 -- 1991-92 1,000 1,797 -- 1992-93 1,000 1,835 -- 1993-94 2,000 2,085 -- 1994-95 3,000 3,940 -- 1995-96 3,000 4,069 -- 1996-97 3,000 4,488 -- 1997-98 3,000 4,646 -- 1998-99 3,000 4,646 -- 1999-2000 4,000 3,897 -- 2000-01 5,700 2,200 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Interest-free loan to establish the Tenth Anniversary Trust

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

146346; 361 c506W;361 c508W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Disability Disability aids Finance Government assistance Motability scheme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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