DLA & Free bus pass?

Only those on the higher mobility rate are automatically entitled to one. If not, you would need to be refused a driving licence for fitness to drive for reasons other than drugs or alcohol.

You can apply to your council for a bus pass if you are disabled. It is at their discretion and each council have different criteria.
My husband is sight restricted and he was given one at aged 57. He applied as he was on long term incapacity benefit and it had nothing to do with DLA.

A couple of years later we found out that he could also apply for a companion pass for me to travel with him free as he needed someone with him at all times. We had to send a copy letter from his eye specialist and he was reissued a pass by the council with a 'C' on
it so that a companion travelled free, it did not necessarily have to be me.

I used it for a couple of years until I got a pass in my own right last October.

I would say go for it, you have nothing to lose. (or look on your council's web site)

Good luck
Annie

Let me know how you get on. Send me a pm as this thread will drop off the chain at some time

In my area, you don't contact the council, you apply to Merseytravel. They insist that everyone has a medical, regardless of condition. Even those in receipt of HRM and HRC (such as my son, who has lifelong complex needs, some of which are listed as acceptable criteria on the Merseytravel website) have to have a medical. The waiting list is a few months long.

My son had a medical that consisted of the questions 'Does he have asthma?' and 'Which school does he go to?' - neither seemed relevant. He was awarded a pass for life.