HC Deb 19 January 1978 vol 942 c325W
Dr. McDonald

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the cost of introducing the mobility allowance for retired persons at the new rate of £10 per week.

Mr. Deakins

As my hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for the disabled indicated in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock (Mr. Roberts) on 15th December 1977, to extend eligibility for the new £10 mobility allowance without any upper age limit would cost about £260 million a year extra.—[Vol. 941, col.396.]