(2 hours ago)Dans_bus_photos wrote 36474/5 were both at Sunderland the other day with several new panels fitted so presumably are in for repaint. They must have some plans to keep them given the batch has nearly all been painted recently.
Hartlepool will need extra vehicles with the additional work from the end of September - their PVR goes up by at least 4 meaning extra vehicles will be required, especially as it looks very unlikely 36968 will ever reappear.