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The Motability Scheme can help if you want to hire or buy a mobility scooter. It allows some people to use their benefits to pay for one. Choosing a scooter whether you'll be able to steer it (some have special levers to steer them if you have arthritis in your hands) You might be able to get a voucher. This allows you to pay towards the cost of a different type of wheelchair. Borrowing a wheelchair The SMC is an independent statutory body (an organisation created by an act of Parliament). In line with the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, it is a continuation of the body previously called the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission. Responsibilities

We know from customers that the scheme reduces the stress and worry of struggling to get around and improves quality of life. For example, 85 per cent of car scheme customers say that access to a car has improved their access to medical services and 77 per cent say that their health has actually improved as a result of having a car. [footnote 3] Similarly around education, 29 per cent of car scheme customers aged under 24 said that having a car had helped them to pursue their education. And while 17 per cent of disabled people report that transport difficulties are a barrier to labour market participation, [footnote 4] 39 per cent of those not retired, permanently unable to work or in full time education said that their Motability car had enabled them to get a job, progress in the labour market, or stay in work. [footnote 5] Ask a GP, physiotherapist or hospital staff to refer you to your local wheelchair service for an assessment. You'll need to do this before you can get an NHS wheelchair. publishing an annual report setting out our views on the progress made towards improving social mobility in the United Kingdom Rob Wilson is a former Member of Parliament for Reading East and Minister in the Cameron and May Governments. He spent 12 years as an MP and 10 years serving on the Conservative front bench with roles in higher education, health, DCMS, Treasury and Cabinet Office. He spent three years as Minister for Civil Society 2014-17. Before politics, Rob was an entrepreneur and founded businesses in the health and technology sectors using innovative and disruptive technology to develop new markets. He continues to have a strong interest in new technology. Since leaving Whitehall and Parliament he has invested in new tech companies and taken a number of business roles that are in areas of interest, but particularly in new breakthrough technologies and products. Rob is chairman of national wheelchair sports charity WheelPower, that supports people with spinal injuries and other disabilities into sport. Rob writes for the Daily Telegraph and has published two books. Tina Stowell, The Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE As fig 1 shows, the most common reasons cited among eligible non-customers who are aware of the scheme are that people prefer to own their own car; that they are not interested in what the scheme offers, or that they do not drive. Do note the small sample sizes here, however.A small secretariat, based in Glasgow, York and London, supports the SMC. Commissioners Ryan Henson You can borrow a walking frame from the NHS. Speak to a GP, physiotherapist or hospital staff. You might have to pay a deposit.

Existing customers are, however, very positive about the scheme and its impact. For example, 99 per cent of customers say that the scheme provides worry-free motoring. [footnote 8] Grants to support the mobility of disabled people providing advice to ministers (at their request) on how to improve social mobility in England - this advice must then be published The Motability Scheme can help if you want to hire or buy an electric wheelchair. It allows some people to use their benefits to pay for a wheelchair. Our research suggests that almost half 48 per cent of eligible non-customers are unaware of the scheme, and a further 9 per cent are unaware of its services. [footnote 6] Awareness is especially low among PIP recipients, and we are working with DWP to reinstate direct communications about the Scheme to successful PIP applicants. Our research suggests that the most common route for customers to find out about the Scheme is through a friend or relative. [footnote 7]Dr Raghib Ali has a number of roles, including Senior Clinical Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. His main research interests are the aetiology and prevention of non-communicable diseases and establishing prospective cohort studies in populations which have not previously been studied. He co-authored a submission to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities in the major causes of mortality and their risk factors in the UK. Resham Kotecha