Accessing Motability with standard PIP

Good morning,

I am curious to know if there have been any developments from the DWP regarding this issue from the 7th of December:

“Allow claimants to access the Motability scheme even if they are not in receipt of the enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP.”

I have yet to receive my PIP invitation (I have had MS for 17 years) and have had higher rate DLA since 2003.

However I am reconciled to getting a standard mobility PIP when I am transferred.

I am able to make up the shortfall between standard and enhanced PIP though.

As such I am very interested to know if there is any more news about this, anytime this year would be good for me.

Regards

John

Thanks Gordon, although I am disappointed there have been no developments.

DisabledGo picked up on this last year as well.

Hi John read your messages there re -motability .I phoned them up a few weeks ago and the lady was very friendly and told me that alot of people had to hand their cars back. I asked her if a person was awarded pip high rate care and low rate mot,could the person not keep the car and take the money from the care part to make the payment up.

Her reply was to that NO you must get the top rate on Pip for mot to get/keep the car.So it does not mean if you had all the money in China to make up a payment each month,they (motability) still take the car back they also offer the car for sale to you..Sad days for alot of people, sorry but that is the case so far.I do hope it changes,but I would doubt it to be honest.

Many thanks for your reply,

I am still going to pursue this, some years back I addressed a PIP query to my local MP and had a response back from Maria Miller (then disabilities minister).

My thinking is that there must have been some thought processes going on in the mind of Penny Mordaunt when she announced the Motabiiity changes in December last.

Any information I get back I will share on this forum.

Regards

John