Motability

Debate between Baroness Doocey and Baroness Altmann

Monday 7th March 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Altmann]

The current rules we use for assessment allow people to buy their used Motability car if they so wish—but the rules of the scheme have been carefully set and assessed.

[Baroness Doocey (LD)]

My Lords, are the Government confident that the four reliability criteria are being clearly explained to claimants by all health professionals in view of the high success rate of PIP appeals?

[Baroness Altmann]

The success rate of the appeals in PIP has much more to do with the fact that the appeal case hears far more evidence and the person who appeals has had time to put forward their arguments. The appeal would normally hear new and different evidence from that which has been placed before the assessor in the past.