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Motability: Chronic Illnesses

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 97343

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 4 December to question 94564, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of those policy changes on people with fluctuating conditions like MS before the policy was announced.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Before any announcements were made, Motability Operations confirmed it will continue to offer a broad range of vehicles without an Advance Payment, ensuring that people who elect to join the Scheme can access vehicles suited to their needs, whatever their health condition or disability, in exchange for all or part of their mobility allowance.

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