Allowances used on the Motability Scheme
The Motability Scheme helps disabled people get mobile by exchanging their mobility allowance to lease a car.
To be eligible to join the Scheme, you need to receive one of the following mobility allowances and must have at least 12 months' award length of your allowance remaining..
Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance (HRMC DLA)
This allowance is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and can be used to cover the cost of a lease agreement with Motability Operations Ltd. As of 11 April 2018, this allowance is £59.75 per week.
Find out more about Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
In Receipt of DLA but awaiting your PIP reassessment?
Enhanced Rate of the Mobility Component of Personal Independent Payment (ERMC PIP)
As part of its welfare reform programme, the Government has started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit called.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people aged between 16 and 64. The Motability Scheme works with PIP in the same way.
as is it does with DLA. For more information, go to dwp.gov.uk/pip. As of 09 April 2018, this allowance is £59.75 per week.
Find out more and check how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) affects you.
War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement (WPMS)
This allowance is provided by Veterans UK and can be used to cover the cost of a lease agreement with Motability Operations Ltd.
As of 11 April 2018, this allowance is £66.75 per week.
Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP)
A new allowance called Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) was introduced as part of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
Those who receive this allowance will be eligible to join the Motability Scheme. For more information, visit Veterans UK website.
As of 11 April 2018, this allowance is £59.75 per week (this refers to the mobility element, which is the same rate as - HRMC DLA and ERMC PIP).
The Attendance Allowance cannot be used to lease a car through the Motability Scheme.