§ Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Her Majesty's Government have any plans to extend the mobility allowance to retirement pensioners who do not qualify for the benefit at the moment, because their disability has arisen after they have passed the qualifying age.
§ Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the estimated cost of paying the mobility allowance to retirement pensioners who do 305W not qualify for the benefit at the moment, because their disability has arisen after they have passed the qualifying age.
§ Mr. RossiIt is estimated that it would cost an additional £450 million a year at 1982–83 benefit rates to remove the upper qualifying age of 65 for mobility allowance.
§ Mr. Iain Millsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will re-examine the refusal of a mobility allowance in the case of Donald Bancroft of Chelmsley Wood in the Meriden constituency.
§ Mr. RossiNo. Medical questions concerning entitlement to mobility allowance are decided by independent adjudicating authorities, and I have no power to intervene in their decisions. I am, however, writing to my hon. Friend about this case.