Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England were waiting for a wheelchair assessment in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many people who have assessed as eligible for a wheelchair since February 2014 have waited (a) more than three, (b) more than six and (c) more than 12 months for the delivery of that equipment.

Wheelchair services are now commissioned by clinical commissioning groups.

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