§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what circumstances and purposes have been prescribed under section 37A(8) of the Social Security Act 1975 in which mobility allowance need not be disregarded in applying an enactment or instrument under which regard is to be had to a person's means; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe only prescription under section 37A(8) of the Social Security Act 1975 has been regulation 24 of the mobility allowance regulations 1975 which provides that mobility allowance may be taken into account when the calculation of an award of supplementary benefit includes, exceptionally, an element relating to a person's mobility needs.