UK’s Motability to crack down on misuse of motoring scheme for disabled people

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The UK business, which allows vehicles for people receiving disability fees, is more difficult to break on the scheme, as it fights the distribution of taxpayers’ funds for the growing line.

Approach activities are the largest buyer of Britain, which is five new cars For sale under a program where people use government-funded disability benefits to finance the car or van.

The company, which has 7 billion annual revenues, has no control over who is eligible for the scheme, but has an internal team, which views 35,899 last year. Last year, it removed it from 5,300 customers service or daily average.

Now the company will review the number of people who are allowed to use each car, currently set to three to allow the clay to drive possible misuse.

The company recently removed from one disabled user after the vehicle was used to travel between her son’s home and grandchildren’s school every day. It also discovered a number of travels that took place in the 11th and 6am.

“We need to start tracking more, to try and oppose it very right challenges we receive on people who use the scheme, it’s not planned – Miller told Financial Times. “Maybe we are too generous to insurance standards. At the moment, we need to look at that quite load. “

The little famous company found that he was in the center of attention governmentIt is planned to save the British welfare system for 5 billion pounds. The sharp increase in security and disability benefit of the motor user base increases by 14.7% last year.

Miller said more than 40 percent of its customers, the average age of the 50’s, have a household income less than 20,000 pounds.

About 2.4 million people receive mobility benefit in the UK, which they can use to fill their livelihood or pay for public transport. About a third, who receive a higher level of mobility benefit, use means of mediation for rent.

The government decides on the competence, assessing a person’s ability, both physical and mental, planned and independent travels.

Having a wave of car purchase allows a special expertise for disability, preventing small dealers, can be used by people who need to use the scheme.

Miller also prompted public criticism that the scheme is used to buy Mercedes-Benz and Audi cars, saying that the premium segment only represents 7% of its 700,000 vehicles fleet.

“It’s unfair criticism, because most of our customers are not in these cars and are the main customers of the United Kingdom that the user’s popularity is doing alternatives, such as user’s popularity and Nissan Qashqai.

In the past, the company had some checked in the generous executive bonuses or its high Cash reservesA number of the latest attention has questioned its entire action, which criticians see the company’s growth as a symptom of the British welfare system.

“For a scheme for such a scheme, which is originally designed to provide targeted support for more vulnerable support, and more widespread state reform, and more widespread.

Conservative MP Helen, who is the shadow work and the secretary of the pensions, described the scheme as a “textbook of a good intent”.

Experts have attributed to increase the demands of disability benefits, contributing to other parts of the welfare system, which have created financial incentives to seek higher levels of payments, as well as an increase in the number of people with mental health.

Miller noted that inflation has also added vehicles and insurance costs, drawing more people to the scheme. In addition to the provision of cars, the company includes the coverage of insurance, tax, service and disruption, protecting users from market instability, but the company reveals higher insurance and borrowing costs.

The company also takes money to buy vehicles, which are sold in the used car market after three years of rent, making it one of the major British bond issuers. It is controlled by a motive fund, charity, but its income is mainly created from the sale of used vehicles.

Despite the examination of his user base, the industry players say that the strong sector is important for electric vehicles, especially low-income households that can have sharp advanced cars.

Moller says the engine offers charging options that take electric vehicles, said Miller. “We’re just trying to do it right and make sure our customers can keep a cell phone when we go through EV.”