The Motability Scheme, the government-backed programme that hands out cars in exchange for PIP benefits, received £600 million from the Department for Work and Pensions last year
Among the recipients of the cars were those with the following incredibly debilitating conditions:
Food intolerance: 20 cars.
Failure to thrive: 10 cars.
Tourettes: 230 cars.
Frozen shoulder: 150 cars.
Drug misuse: 220 cars.
Alcohol misuse: 770 cars.
Generalised anxiety: 1,030 cars.
Stress: 20 cars.
Depressive disorder: 7460 cars.
Obesity: 800 cars.
Dyslexia: 320 cars.
Tennis elbow: 40 cars.
Sources:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-24/62284
https://order-order.com/2025/07/02/exc-motability-scandal-deepens-as-600-million-worth-of-free-cars-go-to-people-with-stress-generalised-anxiety-and-tennis-elbow/
