Helen Whately MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: MotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in each of the last five years by (a) primary disabling condition and (b) region.
Answer: The requested information on Motability is not part of our routine statistical releases.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans UK: MotabilityMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps Veterans UK has taken to provide oversight of the Motability scheme.
Answer: The Motability Scheme is an independent voluntary initiative that assists disabled individuals in using their War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement (WPMS), or the motability component of Disability Living Allowance to lease or purchase a car or powered whee...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81923More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the Freedom of Information Act to the Motability scheme.
Answer: The Government has no plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act to the Motability Scheme. The Motability Scheme is delivered by Motability Operations which is an independent commercial company under contract to the Mobility Foundation, a registered c...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: PublicityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the total cost to his Department of the annual mailshot run on behalf of Motability to eligible claimants; and how much Motability contributes to the Department for this mailshot.
Answer: DWP does not undertake an annual mailshot run on behalf of Motability to eligible customers. There is no cost to DWP in this regard.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: ContractsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will subject Motability to competitive tendering for the right to run the scheme.
Answer: Motability Foundation is independent of government and regulated by the Charity Commission so is responsible for the terms and the administration of the Scheme. The department works closely with Motability and is responsible for the disability benefits th...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will take steps to amend the social security payment regulations to enable the direct transfer of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Disability Living Allowance to competitors to Motab
Answer: Motability Foundation is independent of government and regulated by the Charity Commission so is responsible for the terms and the administration of the Scheme. The department works closely with Motability and is responsible for the disability benefits th...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: ADHDDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) PIP and (b) DLA claimants who are members of the Motability scheme had ADHD as their main disabling condition in each of the past 5 years.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 593,700 PIP claimants had an active contract with the Motability Scheme. The number of PIP claimants who had an active contract with the Motability Scheme broken down by condition groups over the past 5 yea...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Depressive IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) PIP and (b) DLA claimants who are members of the Motability scheme had any type of depressive disorder as their main disabling condition in each of the last five years.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 593,700 PIP claimants had an active contract with the Motability Scheme. The number of PIP claimants who had an active contract with the Motability Scheme broken down by condition groups over the past 5 yea...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) PIP and (b) DLA claimants who are members of the Motability scheme, had a psychiatric disorder as their main disabling condition in each of the last five years.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 593,700 PIP claimants had an active contract with the Motability Scheme. The number of PIP claimants who had an active contract with the Motability Scheme broken down by condition groups over the past 5 yea...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has (a) invoiced Motability for and (b) received from Motability under the Social Security (Expenses of Paying Sums in Relation to Vehicle Hire) Regulations 2016, in each of the
Answer: (a) The DWP invoiced the Motability scheme for the following amounts under the Social Security (Expenses of Paying Sums in Relation to Vehicle Hire) Regulations 2016. YearTotal16/17£0.8m17/18£1.1m18/19£0.9m19/20£1.0m20/21£0.8m21/22£0.6m22/23£0.9m23/24£1.1...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability customers receive (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Disability Living Allowance.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 593,700 PIP claimants had an active contract with the Motability Scheme. The number of PIP claimants who had an active contract with the Motability Scheme broken down by condition groups over the past 5 yea...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific internal management information Motability shares with his Department.
Answer: Motability Foundation is independent of government and regulated by the Charity Commission so is wholly responsible for the terms and the administration of the Scheme. The Motability Foundation do not routinely share internal Management Information with D...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times his Department has attended Motability board meetings over the past two years.
Answer: The Department has attended every Motability Board meeting which are held quarterly each year for the last two years.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the Motability Scheme in 2025.
Answer: The Motability Scheme receives no direct funding from DWP. However, it does receive the direct transfer of benefit from DWP. This is claimant benefit the claimant would otherwise be receiving, and the cost of transfer is paid for by the Motability Foundat...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants received vehicles through the Motability Scheme in each month since July 2024.
Answer: DWP holds no data on the number of PIP claimants that have an active Motability Scheme contract at a given time. Vehicle receipt is handled by Motability Operations Ltd.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Insurance Premium TaxTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81346More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ask HMRC to release a separate estimate of the cost of Motability’s Insurance Premium Tax exemption.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the costs of tax reliefs in its annual Non-structural tax relief statistics publication. The last publication on 5 December 2024 showed an estimate and forecast for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 of £1,210m for the rel...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: VATTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81345More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there have been any changes to the methodology HMRC use to estimate the cost of Motability’s VAT reliefs since 2019-20.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the costs of tax reliefs in its annual Non-structural tax relief statistics publication. The last publication on 5 December 2024 showed an estimate and forecast for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 of £1,210m for the rel...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: VATTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81344More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the methodology and assumptions behind HMRC’s 2024 forecast that Motability’s VAT reliefs will have cost £1.21 billion in 2024-25.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the costs of tax reliefs in its annual Non-structural tax relief statistics publication. The last publication on 5 December 2024 showed an estimate and forecast for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 of £1,210m for the rel...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: VATTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81343More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will release the methodology and assumptions behind HMRC’s estimate that Motability’s VAT reliefs cost £1.21 billion in 2023-24.
Answer: HMRC publishes estimates of the costs of tax reliefs in its annual Non-structural tax relief statistics publication. The last publication on 5 December 2024 showed an estimate and forecast for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 of £1,210m for the rel...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: Insurance Premium Tax and VATTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81342More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the value for money of Motability’s VAT and Insurance Premium Tax reliefs.
Answer: The Government keeps all taxes under review, and the Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events in the context of the overall public finances.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78366More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech to the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will be supported under the Youth Jobs Guarantee.
Answer: In September, the Chancellor announced that the government will offer a guaranteed job to all young people on Universal Credit, who are unemployed for over 18 months. This will guarantee an opportunity for young people to gain essential skills and experie...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78365More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech to the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the number of placements that will be available under the Youth Jobs Guarantee.
Answer: In September, the Chancellor announced that the government will offer a guaranteed job to all young people on Universal Credit, who are unemployed for over 18 months. This will guarantee an opportunity for young people to gain essential skills and experie...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78364More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech to the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost of a Youth Jobs Guarantee placement.
Answer: In September, the Chancellor announced that the government will offer a guaranteed job to all young people on Universal Credit, who are unemployed for over 18 months. This will guarantee an opportunity for young people to gain essential skills and experie...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78363More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech to the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, whether placements available through the Youth Jobs Guarantee will be in the (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sectors.
Answer: In September, the Chancellor announced that the government will offer a guaranteed job to all young people on Universal Credit, who are unemployed for over 18 months. This will guarantee an opportunity for young people to gain essential skills and experie...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78362More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her speech to the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, whether the cost of the placements through the Youth Jobs Guarantee will be funded by the public purse.
Answer: In September, the Chancellor announced that the government will offer a guaranteed job to all young people on Universal Credit, who are unemployed for over 18 months. This will guarantee an opportunity for young people to gain essential skills and experie...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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