"And a higher proportion of people are getting the highest rate of financial support for daily living under Personal Independence Payment than
Disability Living Allowance.
Up to 60% of families with a disabled member live below the poverty line while
Disability Living Allowance is a vital source of income for 240,710 disabled people in Wales; 142,730 of these (59%) are working age disabled people.
Eligibility Anyone who receives the Higher Rate Mobility Component of the
Disability Living Allowance, or the War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement can simply exchange their allowance as the simple monthly lease payment for a new car.
Webb, of St Paul's Road, denies six counts relating to false claims of
disability living allowance and incapacity benefit between 1996 and 2000.
But the
disability living allowance is given regardless of wealth and income.
She claimed
disability living allowance as she was unable to walk unaided but allegedly failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions when her condition improved.
Buttonholing Mrs May on an impromptu walkabout in Abingdon, Oxon, Cathy told her: "I want my
disability living allowance back, not have PIPs and have nothing.
While Maria Hughes was competing in national tournaments, she was claiming benefits including
Disability Living Allowance, a court heard.
PIP replaced
disability living allowance in a Whitehall benefits shake-up on April 8 last year.
Many live in daily fear of cuts to essential benefits including
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and nowhere more so than in Wales.
Dodds, who lives in Gardeners Place, Langley Moor, County Durham, is facing charges of making false statements to dishonestly claim income support tax,
disability living allowance and council tax benefit.