Mobility Allowance

41.

Mr. Ioan Evans
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many disabled people are obtaining the mobility allowance at the latest available date.

Mr. Alfred Morris
At 15 January 1979 a total of 103,494 people were in receipt of mobility allowance. This figure included 21,904 awards of "no age limit" mobility allowance to former beneficiaries of the NHS vehicle service.