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A Mobility Allowance was established in 1979 for people between 16 and 66. It is paid monthly at a rate of 208.50 per month. There are in excess of 4,700 recipients of mobility allowance at an annual cost of over 9 million.
Motability is a scheme run by a private company called Motability Operations Ltd, intended to enable disabled people, their families and their carers to lease a new car, scooter or powered wheelchair, using their disability benefit. It is overseen by the charity called the Motability Foundation in the United Kingdom. According to its response ...
The benefit was established by the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, integrating the former benefits Mobility Allowance and Attendance Allowance and introducing two additional lower rates of benefit. Prior to 2013 it could be claimed by UK residents aged under sixty five years.
PIP was introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (which have been repeatedly amended). It began to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for new claims from 8 April 2013, by means of an initial pilot in selected areas of north-west and north-east England.
Those currently claiming Disability Living Allowance and who were born before 8 April 1948 can continue to claim their Disability Living Allowance. [4] To claim Attendance Allowance, claimants must be in Great Britain or Northern Ireland when they claim - although there are some exceptions to this for members and family members of the Armed Forces.
There are at least 9,000 toilets in the UK that can be accessed with the key. [6] The key itself is designed with many features – such as its large size – to enable users with physical impairments to use the key with greater ease. [6] Keys can be obtained from Disability Rights UK, local authorities, and online. [7]
Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) is a non-repayable grant available to disabled students of higher education in the United Kingdom.It is paid by the Student Loans Company [1] on behalf of Student Finance England, [2] Student Finance Wales, [3] Student Awards Agency Scotland, [4] Student Finance Northern Ireland, [5] and the governments of Jersey, [6] Guernsey, [7] and the Isle of Man.
Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.