Wheelchair Bound Statistics

[atmospheric]

I'm trying to convince my Company to modify a product to cater for the disabled, specifically adult wheelchair users. Can anyone tell me how many are registered in the UK, or point me in the right direction?

[squidgster]

I can't find anything more specific or up-to-date than this at the moment, which says that in 2004, there were around 1.2 million wheelchair users in the UK (according to the Department for Health):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/closeup/qa_wheelchai r.shtml

[squidgster]

According to the actual DH website, that should be England, not the UK:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatist ics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance /DH_4103389

[atmospheric]

Many thanks, that's close enough for me.