Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 11788
Disability Living Allowance: Older People
Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Ann Davies
Plaid Cymru — Caerfyrddin
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance to individuals over the age of 65.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsDisability Living Allowance and government mobility support is focused on providing additional help with the extra costs of disability to people who are severely disabled early, or relatively early, in life and who as a result, have had fewer opportunitie...
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