Written questions

Disability Living Allowance: Older People

Commons · Question 11788 · Tabled 29 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Ann Davies

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

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 4 Nov 2024

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...