§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will extend to recipients of the private car allowance, who transfer to the mobility allowance, the concession in the current year of vehicle excise duty exemption afforded by Clause 13 of the Finance Bill to disabled passengers.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisNo. Exemption lapses automatically when a recipient of the private car allowance takes mobility allowance instead. Exemption for the cars of disabled passengers rests on different legislation and provision in the Finance Bill as necessary to avoid duplication of benefit on introduction of the mobility allowance. Clause 13 includes a transitional concession to avoid anomalies between one disabled passenger and another which might otherwise have arisen from this provision.