Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are registered under the Motability Scheme.

The Motability Scheme operates throughout the UK and is open to recipients of enhanced mobility Personal Independence Payment, higher rate mobility Disability Living Allowance, War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement and Armed Forces Independence Payment (including equivalent Scottish benefits).

We recently announced plans to make changes to eligibility for the Daily Living component of PIP.

In our Green Paper: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working we also set out our intention to carry out a longer-term review of the whole PIP assessment, working closely with stakeholders and those with lived experience.

Motability’s latest annual report shows that there are approximately 815,000 individuals participating in the Scheme.