Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14967

Motor Vehicles: Older People

Tabled: 19 November 2024

Answered: 25 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Sarah Owen

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people over 65 who are not eligible for the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance to access mobility vehicle support.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Disability Living Allowance is aimed at 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 opportunities to work, earn and save. Those wh...

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