§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what plans she has to review the exclusion of children under five years of age from the mobility component of disability living allowance; [4774]
570W(2) what is her Department's estimate of the annual cost of extending the mobility component of disability living allowance to children aged under five years of age. [4775]
§ Mr. DenhamWe are planning to review provision for disabled people to reduce poverty and welfare dependency and provide work incentives. We will announce the scope for that review in due course. The estimated annual cost of extending the mobility component of disability living allowance to children under five years of age would be £40 million.