It beggars belief !
Revealed: The VERY strange ailments that are netting sufferers a free, brand-new car funded by the taxpayer
Taxpayers are funding cars for people with conditions including ‘constipation’, ‘tennis elbow’ and ‘anxiety’.
New figures reveal the government-backed Motability scheme is also being used to provide vehicles for drivers who have abused
alcohol or drugs.
Motability was set up to help those with serious physical disabilities get around. But the bloated scheme is now being used by people with a wide variety of ailments.
A table shows they include over 32,000 new motors for people suffering anxiety or other depressive disorders, while 40 cars went to people with ‘tennis elbow’, a condition which the
NHS advises ‘usually goes away with rest’.
A further 20 people suffering from constipation made use of Motability, along with 190 who had ‘social phobia’, the official figures show.
Ten people struggling with a ‘failure to thrive’ got a taxpayer-funded car, and so did another 20 with a ‘food intolerance’.
A full breakdown of the figures was released in response to a Parliamentary Question and published by the
Guido Fawkes website which said some £600million was funnelled from the Department for Work and Pensions into the scheme in 2024, and, as of April, some 589,000 benefits claimants in England and Wales have the publicly-subsidised cars.
The figures show that 800 cars have gone to people with obesity and 230 to those with Tourette's syndrome. Some 770 people with ‘alcohol misuse’ conditions and another 220 with drug misuse issues lease cars from Motability.
The campaign group Crush Crime claims it is ‘easier for a drunk-driver to get a free car than a lifetime driving ban’, adding: ‘Yes, they can get a car BECAUSE they have an alcohol problem.’ Motability stressed that ‘anyone with an unspent drink-driving conviction cannot drive our vehicles’.
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Motability was set up to provide free cars for those with serious physical disabilities, but now people with VERY surprising conditions are using it to get around courtesy of taxpayers.
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