Written question asked by Mohammad Sarwar (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 February 2001. It was answered by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 February 2001 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants receive lifetime awards of disability living allowance; and how many of them receive ongoing assistance from Motability. - Inc fact that information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants receive lifetime awards of Disability Living Allowance; and how many of them receive on-going assistance from Motability. [149836] Mr. Bayley: Information linking provision of Motability assistance with a life (or, since January 2000, an "indefinite") award of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), as opposed to a fixed period award of appropriate length, is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 363 c126W; 149836
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Disability aids Recipients Motability scheme Social security benefits
Contains statistics: Yes
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