motobility scheme

Woody76

Hi

Wondering if anyone can help.
my mother in law has been awarded high mobility dla and asked me if I wanted to get a motobility car under her name as Iferry her around alot doing shopping and various errands for her. I would be effectively giving her the money for the car out of my wage but using the car to drive her around. The thing is I have read the terms and conditions and dont think I would be able to use the car for journeying to and from work as this technically doesnt benefit my mother in law. I at present get a lease scheme through work and dont want to give this up and find that i cant use the motobility car and be stuck getting to work. I am reading the terms and conditions right? Does anyone know of anyone who has been allowed to do this on the scheme?

I obviously dont want to do anything wrong so any help would be appreciated as a motobility car would save me about £100 monthly but as i say I dont think I would be allowed

Woody xx

kingfisherblue

There are some cases when a mobility car can be used to get a family member to and from work, but it has to be for the benefit of the disabled person. Usually, it would be the spouse, parent, or other person who is main carer for the disabled person. The car can then be used to get the driver (who is also main carer) to the disabled person in case of an emergency, therefore benefitting the disabled person. I hopew this makes sense.

There is also the fact that you are likely to use the car for your own purposes - shopping, days out, going to the cinema, etc. These are not benefitting your MIL.

So, assuming that you are not the main carer for your MIL, I don't think that you should be using the mobility car.

Mupette

As you already have a car for work, keep that, just for work and for your own needs.

the mobility car stays with your MIL she pays for it and when you drive to her home you can then use her car when she needs things doing which requires a car.

You can then use your own car to go home after. You won't need to pay for the motability car, this will be payed out of the mobility side of her dla.

Simon7685

Why not just leave things as they are? You run her around, she keeps her £58 a week and just pays you for your petrol and maybe something towards running costs. She could also get you free road tax every year, if you do all the running round for her. That is not breaking any rules and you both benefit from it.

kingfisherblue

Using the free road tax would be breaking the rules. It is for the benefit of the disabled person who is in receipt of high rate mobility, not for someone with their own car (or lease car that is not mobility) and who uses their car mainly for their own needs.

pstuart

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Using the free road tax would be breaking the rules. It is for the benefit of the disabled person who is in receipt of high rate mobility, not for someone with their own car (or lease car that is not mobility) and who uses their car mainly for their own needs.

There is a 'debate' running on this currently on the Disabilty and Dosh forum.
If you ignore an obvious stupid trolls comments you may find your answer not as clear cut.

stephief

Do you live close by each other? You cant get a motability car if you live too many miles away from the disabled person anyway.

"The vehicle must either be used by yourself or by someone who only uses their vehicle to help you, for example, getting prescriptions for you."

As for the car tax debate, the DVLA website (as quoted above) is quite specific on it, its not really up to a debate to decide! Using a motability car to go to and from your place of work will not directly benefit your mother in law (unless she is your financial dependant and you are working to support her!) so it would need to be taxed, and motability insist on the car being disabled tax registered now so it just isn't worth chancing.

You could both get in a heap of trouble, and end up car less!

Woody76

Thank you for your helpful replies. I already have a lease car so tax is included so this is not an issue. Also I live two minutes walk from MIL so running two cars I think would just waste money lol

Oh well looks impossible as I dont want to get anyone in trouble or break any rules/laws, it was a lovely thought at first lol

moon_pig

Woody76 wrote: »

Hi

Wondering if anyone can help.
my mother in law has been awarded high mobility dla and asked me if I wanted to get a motobility car under her name as Iferry her around alot doing shopping and various errands for her. I would be effectively giving her the money for the car out of my wage but using the car to drive her around. The thing is I have read the terms and conditions and dont think I would be able to use the car for journeying to and from work as this technically doesnt benefit my mother in law. I at present get a lease scheme through work and dont want to give this up and find that i cant use the motobility car and be stuck getting to work. I am reading the terms and conditions right? Does anyone know of anyone who has been allowed to do this on the scheme?

I obviously dont want to do anything wrong so any help would be appreciated as a motobility car would save me about £100 monthly but as i say I dont think I would be allowed

Woody xx

Hi Woody

I wouldnt go down that road as the new PIP criteria comes in shortly and unless she falls into that category i believe the motability cars will have to go back, they are so rightly cutting back to save this country billions of pounds

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CTcelt1988

moon_pig wrote: »

Hi Woody

I wouldnt go down that road as the new PIP criteria comes in shortly and unless she falls into that category i believe the motability cars will have to go back, they are so rightly cutting back to save this country billions of pounds

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It wont actually save them billions of pounds. Thousands and thousands will appeal, costing millions of taxpayers money. Genuine disabled people will end up without a car and become housebound, denying them independance. The Government could save billions of pounds by going after people who use tax avoidance schemes, but they wont will they?

moon_pig

CTcelt1988 wrote: »

It wont actually save them billions of pounds. Thousands and thousands will appeal, costing millions of taxpayers money. Genuine disabled people will end up without a car and become housebound, denying them independance. The Government could save billions of pounds by going after people who use tax avoidance schemes, but they wont will they?

The government have set out the criteria , i think youll find the majority (if not all) genuine claimants would agree with that statement. the problem is identifying who is genuine & who is not and the current reforms are just not doing that. the shirkers know exactly what they have to say in order to retain their benefits & will lie through their teeth ,thats why the PIP system will filter out all the shirkers ,this is what the reform will be

Can move up to 50 metres unaided but no further. For example: identifies individuals who can move up to 50 metres unaided but then require a wheelchair for anything further.Cannot move up to 50 metres without using an aid or appliance, other than a wheelchair or a motorised device. For example: identifies individuals who can use an aid or appliance to move up to 50 metres but then require a wheelchair for anything further.Cannot move up to 50 metres without using a wheelchair propelled by the individual.Cannot move up to 50 metres without using a wheelchair propelled by another person or a motorised device.Cannot either –i. move around at all; or ii. transfer unaided from one seated position to another adjacent seated position.

This reform is well overdue, if you meet the criteria you will have the high rate of pip and be entitled to the car, there will be no grounds for appeal because if you dont fall into the above catogory ,thats final, end of ,this will filter out the shirkers:T