Mobility query can other family members HAVE the car

trumpton

Thanks for updating us. I am pleased you have managed to sort this out - what a relief for your mum. I know a couple of instances where the Motobility scheme has been, imo, abused and it does seem open to fraud. Well done for making sure your mum's needs come first.

smothy

My brother and his g/f run a mobility car, her mum is the claimant, but it's because they cannot afford a new car and have a big family. Two drivers, no insurance to pay, free servicing, tyres changes as soon as they get NEAR the legal tread limit, and £70 excess on thier insurance. My car costs me more in a month that theirs does in 12 months.

They still holiday abroad however.

Mupette

smothy wrote: »

My brother and his g/f run a mobility car, her mum is the claimant, but it's because they cannot afford a new car and have a big family. Two drivers, no insurance to pay, free servicing, tyres changes as soon as they get NEAR the legal tread limit, and £70 excess on thier insurance. My car costs me more in a month that theirs does in 12 months.

They still holiday abroad however.

tell them to stop bloody breeding, and hope they enjoy defrauding the motability scheme.

AnxiousMum

Smothy - if he's defrauding the system, then report it. It's costing you, me and everybody else - and we can no longer afford it Wouldn't it be nice if we could stop the fraud so that those really in need could get a little more?

joebaxi1

hi .

so would it be acceptable to use my mothers dla to take a car through motabilty if she resides in a care home ( she could not drive )

we take her shopping weekly and it would be used to bring her to our home 2-3 times per week ( we live outside town 5 miles )

and to use the car for personal use in-between but never more than 10 minutes away from her .

I have a feeling this would not be acceptable ?

any thoughts please .

clairec79

For those who say a car has to be used 100% for the disabled persons benefit would that apply if, for example, husband had HRM and had a car through motability, both of them are insured to drive it and it is used as the family car, the husband being the main user but the wife occasionally picks up the kids from school - would that be 'allowed' or not?

pmlindyloo

joebaxi1 wrote: »

hi .

so would it be acceptable to use my mothers dla to take a car through motabilty if she resides in a care home ( she could not drive )

we take her shopping weekly and it would be used to bring her to our home 2-3 times per week ( we live outside town 5 miles )

and to use the car for personal use in-between but never more than 10 minutes away from her .

I have a feeling this would not be acceptable ?

any thoughts please .

Since the mobility part of DLA continues if your mother resides in a care home then the motorbility scheme may be an option. I can not find any information that says living in a care home prevents the use of the motorbility scheme. (Cue more knowledgeable people's help )

I would have thought that since you would be (are) within 5 miles of her the nyou could, as a named driver, use it to take her shopping/fetch her to and from your home.

Certainly the 'rules' would not allow you to use it for personal use.

The other thing to consider is how your mother's care home is funded. Is she (would she be) self funding or the local authoruty paying for her care?

In either case it is probable that your mother would be grateful to have the DLA in cash to supplement her income for personal needs. If her care home is being funded by the council then she would only be getting an allowance of about £23 per week and this doesn't go far. If she is self funding then, as they say, every little help.

Of course I do not know your financial situation and if you do not have a car yourself the motorbility scheme may well be an option.

You may want to contact the scheme and see if this is possible.

LoopyLu

I know someone who has claimed the car in a relatives name, they use it to go clothes shopping and to the pub. The person who's name it's in doesn't even have a licence, yet won't stand up for themselves and say "no". Takes the proverbial and makes me sad.

dave030445

LoopyLu wrote: »

I know someone who has claimed the car in a relatives name, they use it to go clothes shopping and to the pub. The person who's name it's in doesn't even have a licence, yet won't stand up for themselves and say "no". Takes the proverbial and makes me sad.

Dont come on here moaning, report them.

kingfisherblue

LoopyLu wrote: »

I know someone who has claimed the car in a relatives name, they use it to go clothes shopping and to the pub. The person who's name it's in doesn't even have a licence, yet won't stand up for themselves and say "no". Takes the proverbial and makes me sad.

The recipient of HRM (giving them the car) does not have to have a driving licence. My son doesn't - he's only 13 . Even when he is an adult, he will never be able to learn to drive because of his learning disability. There are many disabled people who cannot drive, and not necessarily because of their disability, some people don't want to drive.