FOI Request - Wheelchair Hire

Request 101003395784

1.  How many requests for wheelchair hire have been received by the HSCP broken down by month from January 2019 to present?

2.  Of these requests, how many actually received a wheelchair broken down by the same time period?

3.  Of those who received a wheelchair, how long on average was the wait to get the chair?

4.  How many of these wheelchairs are owned by the HSCP and how many were acquired from private companies?

5.  How much money has been paid to the HSCP for wheelchair rental broken down by month from January 2019 to present?

Response 05-10-2023

1. Not held.  We have only recently received a stock of wheelchairs for short term loan. We are yet to receive our first request for these wheelchairs but have a number in stock ready for provision. We have no record of previous requests for wheelchairs as they were dealt with by another team/organisation. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

2. We are yet to receive our first request for these wheelchairs but have a number in stock ready for provision. We have no record of previous requests for wheelchairs as they were dealt with by another team/organisation. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

3. We have no record of previous requests for wheelchairs as they were dealt with by another team/organisation. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

4. We have a small stock of wheelchairs (<10) owned by Moray HSCP and these will be provided on a short term loan at no cost to the client.

5. We do not ask any rental payment be made to Moray HSCP.