Can i claim motability allowance

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Enter your email. Enter your password. Re-enter your password. Click on the following box if you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Register now. Update password. Who are you helping? The Motability Scheme can help you lease a car if your child is aged 3 or over and is entitled to either the:. More information about the scheme is on the Motability website. Telephone: Textphone: Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm Saturday, 9am to 1pm.

Check what you need to do. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. If you would like to appeal to re-join the Motability Scheme, visit the Motability Scheme website and complete the Request to join the Scheme form. The circumstances of your case will be examined and the team will advise you of its decision as quickly as possible.

You can apply to join the Motability Scheme if you are aged 65 and over and you receive one of the following allowances:. You must have at least 12 months remaining on your allowance when you join the Scheme. Unfortunately, the Attendance Allowance cannot be used to lease a car through the Motability Scheme.

Find out more about allowances at GOV. Visit the Motability Scheme website. No, you are not able to have more than one lease agreement i. Therefore, it is not possible to lease a car and a powered wheelchair or scooter at the same time.

Leasing a car through the Motability Scheme includes insurance for up to three named drivers — these can be yourself, friends, family or carers. Only drivers listed as permitted drivers on the Certificate of Motor Insurance are insured to drive your Motability Scheme car. Remember, the car must be used by, or for the benefit of, the disabled person.

This does not mean that the disabled person needs to be in the car for every journey. In practice, this means other named drivers in the household can use the car for shopping and other routine activities, as long as the disabled person will benefit. The Motability Scheme offers a selection of adaptations; ranging from simple driving controls to person hoists that lift a wheelchair user into a standard car. You can view the list of adaptations available on the Motability Scheme website.

To see the range of cars available on the Motability Scheme, you can use the Car Search on the Motability Scheme website. You can narrow your search using the filters which include car type, prices and advance payment. To see the range of scooters available on the Motability Scheme, you can use the Scooter Search on the Motability Scheme website.

If you are eligible to join the Motability Scheme, all you need to do is visit local Motability Scheme dealers and arrange an appointment with their Motability specialist. As part of your appointment, your dealer will take you through a Motability Scheme Suitability Questionnaire.

Once you have chosen a car, your dealer will complete the application for you online at the dealership. If your proposed driver is unable to come with you to the dealership, they must complete the Driver Consent Form.

Visit the Motability Scheme website to find a dealer near you. Depending on which vehicle you choose, you will exchange all or most of the higher rate mobility part of your weekly disability allowance for the course of your three year lease.

Other parts - such as the care component - remain completely untouched and you will continue to receive them as normal. All standard scooters and powered wheelchairs cost less than your weekly allowance meaning you get some money back. Meanwhile for cars there are three pricing options to choose from. Some cost less than your weekly allowance, others cost the same as your weekly allowance, and some require an Advance Payment.

You can use our Car Search tool to search current prices. And don't forget, when you lease a car through the Scheme, insurance, breakdown cover, servicing and maintenance, tyre and windscreen replacement are all included in the worry-free package, so all you need to budget for is fuel.

Find out more about our pricing options. If you are the customer there are no restrictions to you joining the scheme with a provisional licence, although you will have to meet all other acceptance criteria. Providing you are shown as a Motability permitted driver on the Certificate of Motor Insurance and you are accompanied by your nominated driver who is over 21 and has held their licence for at least three years you can learn to drive in the car.

For all other drivers, certain restrictions do apply regarding provisional licence holders e. For further details of these please contact RSA Motability. Find out more about the Scheme's policies on who can drive your car. All the "Contract Hire" lease agreements offer a new car of your choice every three years five years for wheelchair accessible vehicles ; the leasing package also includes insurance, servicing and maintenance, breakdown cover, as well as tyre and windscreen replacement.

Take a look at vehicles available on the Motability Scheme website. A Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle WAV is a vehicle that is converted so a wheelchair user can travel either as a passenger or a driver, without needing to transfer out of their wheelchair.

Until that point, you do not need to do anything. However, when you receive the letter, it is important to respond to the invitation within the given timescales. If you are awarded the Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component of PIP, you will continue to be able to lease a car, scooter or powered wheelchair through the Motability Scheme. Disabled children will continue to receive DLA until they reach the age of DLA will also continue to be available for those who turned 65 on or before 8 April Please note that the annual allowance letter that you receive from the DWP is not the invitation to make a claim, you will receive separate notice of this.

If you are awarded the Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component of PIP you will continue to be able to lease a car, scooter or powered wheelchair through the Motability Scheme. Unfortunately, vehicles are only leased through the Motability Scheme to people who receive one of the relevant mobility allowances. Please contact the Motability Scheme if you are no longer in receipt of an eligible allowance.

Find out about our PIP transitional support. If you have signed up to our healthcare professional database to receive our newsletter, Motability Matters, and would like to update or change your contact details, including your name and address, please email communications motability.

Please visit our Professionals and Advisors section where you can download or order free resources. Visit our Exhibitions page to find out more information about the exhibitions we are attending. However, because PIP is a new benefit with different criteria to DLA, some disabled customers may not qualify for mobility support, or may do so at a lower level, meaning they are no longer eligible to use the Scheme through no change in their own circumstances.

We provide a one-off transitional package of support and advice regarding alternative mobility arrangements to those Scheme customers who leave as a result of being reassessed for PIP. This recognises the unexpected and exceptional nature of these changes. As soon as the DWP confirms that you are no longer eligible for the Scheme, Motability Operations Ltd will write to you, giving you more information specific to your situation. This will include a personalised letter which outlines the transitional support package that may be available to you, as well as the purchase price of your vehicle.

You will be able to keep the car for eight weeks after the DLA payments stop. In addition, if you first joined the Scheme before 1 January you will have the option to keep the car for 26 weeks after the last DLA payment. The DWP will write to you to let you know the outcome and separately they will confirm this decision to us. However, if you are not awarded the Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component of PIP it is important that you contact Motability Operations Ltd immediately, so that they can support you in the transition from the Motability Scheme.

Please make sure that both the DWP and Motability Operations Ltd have your correct contact details so there is no delay in sending you information regarding your transitional support package, where eligible. In order to qualify for the transitional support package, you must return your car to a Motability Scheme dealership.

This can either be your dealer or, alternatively if it is more convenient, you can arrange with us to return the car to a different Motability Scheme dealership which is closer to you. For information regarding the detail of Transitional Support, please visit our dedicated page on this. Please make sure that both the DWP and Motability Operations Ltd have your correct contact details so there is no delay if we need to send you information regarding your transitional support package, where eligible.

Scooter and powered wheelchair customers who joined the Scheme before will be provided with a package of support and advice with the objective of enabling them to purchase their current product wherever possible. Arrangements will be made to help those with specialised mobility needs, including customers with a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle WAV. If you do not return the car to your dealer within eight weeks of the date of your last payment, you will automatically have selected to keep the car for 26 weeks and your transitional support payment will be reduced accordingly.

If you have left the Scheme for a period of one year or more and decide to rejoin the Scheme, you are considered to be a new customer from the date you started your new lease.

This reduced, yet still significant, amount is because information on PIP has been publicly available since you decided to rejoin the Scheme. However, if you decide to rejoin the Scheme within six months of receiving the transitional support package, you will need to speak to Motability Operations Ltd to discuss your options. This will include a personalised quote for you to purchase the Motability vehicle. The transitional support package that you would otherwise have received when returning the vehicle, will be taken off the cost of buying the car.

If you joined the Scheme before the end of and choose to keep it for the extended 26 week period, we will send you a revised quote towards the end of this period. No further rental payments or costs will be applied to customers whose leases end early as a result of a PIP reassessment. If you have paid an Advance Payment, this will be refunded to you on a pro-rata basis. For example, if the agreement ended after one year of a three year lease, two-thirds of the Advance Payment would be refunded.

If you paid a significant Advance Payment for your vehicle you may want to consider the effect of a lower pro rata refund if you choose to keep the vehicle for the extended 26 week period.

No, the one-off transitional support package has been specifically designed to support car, scooter and powered wheelchair customers who have to give up their vehicle as a result of the new criteria for PIP. PIP is a new benefit with different criteria to DLA, so some disabled customers may not qualify for mobility support, or may do so at a lower level, meaning they are no longer eligible to use the Scheme through no change in their own circumstances.

Please note that only customers who are required to return their vehicle due to an unsuccessful PIP reassessment have access to the extended eight or 26 week options. No, the transitional support package will not be made to anyone who has not engaged in the reassessment process. However, if you have actively decided not to undergo reassessment and have informed the DWP of this decision so they can tell us , you will still be eligible. We recommend that you pay particular attention to any response dates for submitting documentation to the DWP and make sure that both the DWP and Motability Operations Ltd have your correct contact details so there is no delay in sending you information regarding your transitional support package, where eligible.

The amount of financial support you may be eligible for as part of the Transitional Support Package depends on when you entered into a lease agreement for a Motability Scheme car. As soon as the DWP confirms that you are no longer eligible for the Scheme, we will write to you giving you more information specific to your situation. In most cases we will try to work with you so that you can stay in your existing product. You can choose from lots of different vehicles, for example cars, mobility scooters or powered wheelchairs.

You can choose up to 2 people to drive on your behalf. Read more about the Motability help available on GOV. You should return your vehicle within 8 weeks of your DLA payments stopping - or 26 weeks if you joined Motability before You might be entitled to a one-off payment from Motability when you return your vehicle, depending on its condition and when you joined Motability.

You can find out from Motability about returning your vehicle and the payment , known as 'transitional support'. Some PIP decisions are overturned on appeal, so you might be able to get another vehicle.

Your benefit will go directly to the Motability Scheme each month to pay for your lease. How much of your benefit will go towards your vehicle will depend on which one you choose. You might be able to get some help with this payment, depending on your circumstances.

You can contact RSA Motability either in writing or over the phone.