Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 31 March 2025.
Lee Anderson
Reform UK, Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has for future eligibility criteria for the Motability Scheme.
Lee Anderson
Reform UK, Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are registered under the Motability Scheme.
Stephen Timms
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Minister for Equalities (Department for Education)
The Motability Scheme operates throughout the UK and is open to recipients of enhanced mobility Personal Independence Payment, higher rate mobility Disability Living Allowance, War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement and Armed Forces Independence Payment (including equivalent Scottish benefits).
We recently announced plans to make changes to eligibility for the Daily Living component of PIP.
In our green paper: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working we also set out our intention to carry out a longer-term review of the whole PIP assessment, working closely with stakeholders and those with lived experience.
Motability’s latest annual report shows that there are approximately 815,000 individuals participating in the Scheme.
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Allowance for those who need help looking after themselves. Not means tested.
Factsheet from RNID here: http://www.rnid.org.uk/html/factsheets/benefits_disability_allowance_and_deaf_people.htm
Official page from Department for Work and Pensions here: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/disability_liv_allowance.asp
A Green Paper is a tentative report of British government proposals without any commitment to action. Green papers may result in the production of a white paper.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_paper
