§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether disabled persons over retirement age who were able to drive their own cars were eligible for private car allowance before 1st January 1976.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisYes, but, while age was not a factor under the invalid376W vehicle scheme, ability to drive was crucial. Thus, people who could not drive, whether because of disability, age or any other cause, were barred from all benefit. Mobility allowance, though not yet fully phased in, is already helping many more disabled people than did the vehicle scheme. Public expenditure on mobility help for the disabled has also very substantially increased.