PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(24 June 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the (a) the cost of the Motability Scheme, (b) number of people who benefit from the scheme, (c) analysis of the medical conditions of people who benefit from the scheme, (d) age of the (i) newest and (ii) oldest vehicle in the scheme, (e) proportion of vehicles in the scheme which are (A) hybrid and (B) fully electric, (f) number and proportion of vehicles in the scheme by manufacturer, and (g) proportion of vehicles in the scheme manufactured in Britain, for each year for which data is available.

Asked by:
Shaun Davies (Labour)

We estimate that in 2024, payments totalling £600 million were sent by the department to the Motability Scheme. We are unable to provide volumes of all people benefitting from the scheme. We can, however, provide the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants in a contract with the Motability Scheme to receive a vehicle. In April 2025, this was 589,550 claimants. A breakdown of these claimants by primary medical condition can be found attached in Table 1. Table 2 contains the same breakdown for Telford constituency only.

The Motability Scheme is overseen by Motability Foundation and delivered by Motability Operations Ltd.

Motability is independent of government and is wholly responsible for the terms and administration of the Scheme, including determining what types of vehicles they use.

Notes:

- The monetary value provided is rounded to the nearest £1 million. The volumes provided have been rounded to the nearest 10. Values which are above 1 and below 5 have been replaced with a dash.

- Data is provided for claimants under DWP policy ownership (England, Wales and Abroad) only.

- The monetary value provided covers the money sent to the Motability Scheme in total. The volumes provided cover claimants of PIP with an active contract for the Motability Scheme only.

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