FOI001648 FOI Adults Services

Short Description
PIP/DLA Mobility Component
Reference number
FOI001648
Date
07/05/2025
Request

1. Does your adults' social services charging policy (or the practice required of your so-cial services assessors and care planners during earlier stages of the Care Act process) mention a person's receipt of PIP/DLA Mobility Component as a reason for your adult social services department not funding transport to services within their Personal Budget (services that are being commissioned in the person's care plan to meet the person's eli-gible unmet needs)?

2. If so, is it possible for the person to provide evidence that their Mobility Component income is not otherwise available for such transport, in order to bring about a different outcome regarding the scope of their Personal Budget?

3. Does your adults' social services charging policy (or the practice required of your adults' social services assessors and/or care planners during earlier stages of the Care Act process) state that a person's request for a disregard from income of privately in-curred Disability Related Expenditure on the person's transport needs will only be al-lowed to the extent that and for the sum by which their transport expenditure exceeds the PIP/DLA Mobility Component?

4. If in doubt about whether the wording in your charging policy or practice guidance to staff has the effect of the stances at 1) and 3), above, please just provide us with the wording related to Mobility Component, and any link to the document that might be found online.