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DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE - MOBILITY COMPONENT
You may be able to claim this allowance at the higher rate if you have not yet reached your 65th birthday and you can only walk a short distance before you feel severe discomfort. It is therefore not just for wheelchair users.
You may be able to claim this allowance at the lower rate if you have not yet reached your 65th birthday and you can walk without severe physical discomfort but always need to be accompanied by another person.
The allowance can be paid on top of any income or savings including Pension Credit, Income Support and Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. It may even help to increase your Income Support. It is tax free and you do not have to have paid any National Insurance Contributions.
Exemption from road tax
Exemption from road tax is available for those vehicles used exclusively by, or for the purposes of, people receiving the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance or War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement. Application forms (V188 Exemption from Vehicle Excise Duty for Disabled People) can be obtained from main post offices.
Blue Badge Scheme
The Blue Badge for parking concessions is automatically available for the use of those receiving higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, and may also be available to those in receipt of the lower rate mobility component, but you should seek advice in this instance. In both instances, the application form is available from the local authority. Ask for the department dealing with the Blue Badge Scheme.
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