Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 11788

Disability Living Allowance: Older People

Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024
Named Day

Question

Ann Davies

Plaid CymruCaerfyrddin

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 Timms
Disability 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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