Nursery World - Disabled mobility benefit extended

Around 6,000 three-and four-year-old children who are severely disabled are to benefit from an extra 15m in mobility assistance per year, the Government announced last week. Social security minister Hugh Bayley said that from April the age of entitlement for the Pounds 38.65 per week higher rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance will be dropped from five years of age to three years. This should provide an extra 15m each year to help around 6,000 children in the UKwho cannot walk or who have severely limited walking ability.

Social security minister Hugh Bayley said that from April the age of entitlement for the 38.65 per week higher rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance will be dropped from five years of age to three years. This should provide an extra 15m each year to help around 6,000 children in the UKwho cannot walk or who have severely limited walking ability.

Mr Bayley said, 'Almost all of the under-fives who are likely to be immediately eligible for the extra money are receiving the care component of Disability Living Allowance from this department. We are writing to their families to encourage them to apply for the new 38.65 weekly entitlement.'

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