§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will extend the payment of mobility allowance to parents with children over two years of age, in line with attendance allowance payments; and if he will estimate the number of children who would be eligible for mobility allowance, if the regulations were changed to allow such payments.
§ Mr. ScottWe shall consider whether mobility allowance should be extended to children below the age of five when we are examining the findings of the surveys undertaken by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. We estimate that the reduction of the lower limit to two years of age would enable about 5,000 children to become eligible for the allowance.