§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to extend mobility allowance to those persons who would qualify on grounds of disability but who are debarred from allowance solely because their application was made after their 65th birthday.
§ Mr. NewtonClaims for mobility allowance can be made by people aged up to the 66th birthday but they have to show that the medical conditions for entitlement were satisfied before they reached age 65. We have no plans to change these limits.