§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, when a mental disablement renders a person unable to walk but it is not generally agreed whether the cause of the mental disablement is physical or not, he will give the benefit of that doubt to the individual concerned and authorise payment of mobility allowance.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisQuestions of eligibility for mobility allowance are decided not by Ministers but by independent adjudicating authorities who are bound by the legislation currently in force. Mobility allowance is designed for people who are incapable, or virtually incapable, of walking because of physical disablement. The amending regulations which 503W are at present being drafted will be submitted to the National Insurance Advisory Committee and laid before Parliament as soon as possible.