Motability
(asked on 19th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants lost their mobility entitlement for a motability car on moving from the disabled living allowance in the last two years.
The table below provides information on the 357,310 claimants previously in receipt of the higher mobility rate under Disability Living Allowance (DLA) who underwent reassessment within the last two years and their subsequent mobility award on Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Table: PIP mobility component for DLA to PIP reassessment claimants who previously received the higher mobility component under DLA. (1st November 2016 to 31st October 2018).
PIP Mobility component after reassessment from DLA | No. of Claimants |
Enhanced | 199,570 |
Standard | 79,110 |
Nil (but awarded Daily Living) | 32,090 |
Disallowed post-assessment | 35,000 |
Disallowed pre-assessment | 9,390 |
Withdrawn | 2,160 |
Total re-assessed | 357,310 |
While some claimants have lost their entitlement to the higher rate mobility component, 144,000 reassessed DLA claimants who did not previously have the enhanced rate of the mobility component on DLA were subsequently awarded this on PIP.
The number of people returning Motability vehicles and the reasons behind this are recorded by Motability. The Department has no right of access to this information as Motability is an independent organisation. It should also be noted that only one third of claimants on the highest rates of mobility choose to join the scheme.
Notes:
1. Data shows the outcome of the first DWP decision on each PIP claim (i.e. prior to any reconsideration, appeal action and award review), where that decision was made between 1st November 2016 and 31st October 2018.
2. For each individual who has a PIP reassessment outcome their PIP entitlement has been compared to their DLA entitlement at the time of their PIP reassessment registration.
3. Figures include reassessment outcomes for individuals who were aged between 16 and 64 on 8th April 2013, and include PIP claims made under both normal rules and Special Rules for Terminally Ill (SRTI) people.
4. This is unpublished data. It should be used with caution and it may be subject to future revision.
5. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and may not total because of rounding.
6. Great Britain only.