Social Security Benefits: Disability
30th March 2011
Dr Francis: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has commissioned independent assessments to assess the effect of his proposed reform of the mobility component of disability living allowance for (a) people with autism, (b) people with sight impairment, (c) people with Downs' Syndrome and (d) carers; and if he will make a statement.
Maria Miller: Consideration was given to the equality impacts of the reforms when the proposals were being developed, including the impacts on those with specific conditions. At this point the new assessment has not been finalised and the impact on carers and particular groups of people with disabilities will only be determined when this is completed.
The impact assessment for disability living allowance reform was published on 16 February 2011 and can found at:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/dla-reform-wr2011-ia.pdf
The equality impact assessment for disability living allowance reform was published on 8 March 2011 and can found at:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/eia-dla-reform-wr2011.pdf
These Documents are published by the Department for Work and Pensions and not commissioned independently.
People were also invited to put forward their views on this proposal as part of the wider DLA reform consultation document which was published on 6 December 2010 and ended on 18 February 2011. The response to this consultation will be published shortly.
