Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39216

Motability: Costs

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of overlap between the Motability scheme and claimants entitled to free school transport provided by local authorities.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the disability benefits that act as a gateway to the Motability Scheme and facilitates the transfer of eligible benefits to Motability. Whilst an eligible benefit allowance provides access to the Sch...

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