HC Deb 30 October 1986 vol 103 c237W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will be introducing legislation to allow recipients of the mobility allowance to retain it beyond the age of 75 years.

Mr. Major

We have no present plans to do so.

Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for mobility allowance were made in Scotland in 1985; of these how many were (i) granted and (ii) refused; of the claimants whose applications were refused how many subsequently appealed to the medical boards; in how many of these cases the original refusal was overturned; and in how many cases a refusal by a medical board was subsequently overturned by the Medical Appeals Tribunal.

Mr. Major

I regret that this information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.