§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what action the Government intend to take following the statement by the Under-Secretary of State in a letter dated 7 April to the hon. Member for Walsall, North that local authorities including Walsall were in breach of the law as regards the concessionary fares for those in receipt of the disability living allowance.
§ Mr. ScottWalsall council has undertaken to ensure that its concessionary travel scheme complies with the law. We intend to remind all local authorities that, in accordance with section 73(14) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, they must not refuse concessionary fares, or levy a contribution towards the cost of them, specificallly because a person receives the mobility component of disability living allowance.