DWP update for people on PIP in receipt of the enhanced mobility component

dailyrecord.co.uk:

More than 12,200 people have signed an online petition calling for a mobility element to be added to Attendance Allowance alongside the daily living component to enable people over State Pension age with a disability or long-term health condition to access the Motability Scheme.

The mobility component is only available to people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Adult or Child Disability Payment (ADP) in Scotland and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).

However, the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work recently confirmed that people in receipt of PIP before they reach State Pension age, are still entitled to their award - including the mobility component - after they hit retirement age.

Mims Davies MP said: “No claimant over State Pension age will lose their mobility component or access to the Motability scheme providing they continue to meet the qualifying conditions of the benefit.” The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Minister made the comments in a written response to a query from Labour’ MP Navendu Mishra, who wanted to know how many disabled people “stopped receiving a mobility allowance and “lost access to the Motability Scheme as a result of reaching State Pension age in 2023”.