14,300 Service Vehicles Returned
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REFLYING to a Parliamentary question from Major Lyons, last week, Mr. Harold Macmillan said that between January 1 and October 1, 1941. approximately 14,300 War Office vehicles had been returned from Service use. Of these, 3,500 had been repaired by the Ministry of Supply and allocated to the Ministry of War Transport for use by other Government Departments, whilst a further 10,000 had been sold by tender and no conditions imposed as to ultimate use.
The remaining 800 had been disposed of under an agreement, made in August last, between the Ministry of Supply and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, whereby disposable vehicles were sold to their original manufacturers for resale to the public under controlled conditions. It was intended, Mr. Macmillan continued, that this system should replace sale by tender. The prices paid both by the Society and by the public were determined by an agreed formula and the employment of assessors was not, therefore, necessary. Instructions had been issued for the obliteration of divisional and all other Service distinguishing marks before the vehicles were handed over to the Ministry of Supply.
The prices were fixed by a complicated formula which related to the condition of the vehicle, its date, horsepower, etc., and it was meant to cover every possibility.