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Can a local authority demand that Motability vehicle fuel costs to travel to services that meet eligible needs are funded by the PEA?

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On the one hand, no council can insist that one’s own money is used for anything. It’s one’s own money, and the PEA is what one is left with, for purely personal purchases. But it’s not a straightforward question because one’s PEA can be expanded, IF and only IF the council agrees, a bit like […]

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Are transport costs always met for a service in a care plan requiring transport?

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It’s complicated, but the basic answer is no they are not, not necessarily – because councils only have to meet needs that it is necessary for them to meet, and many people have their own means of getting to the services that public money is going to be paying for. If they are willing to

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Are ICBs with patients eligible for CHC funding, responsible for transport costs for the patient to visit the family home or would the eligible cared for person need to pay for these?

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We think that this all depends on the extent to which the person’s needs seen through the prism of Human Rights and the Mental Capacity Act, where the latter is relevant (ie their wishes and feelings and best interests) have been assessed as including the facilitation of access to their relatives, and what the relative’s

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If travel costs associated with meeting someone’s assessed needs are in excess of the mobility element of PIP- should the costs be covered by the personal budget?

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It all depends. If there is only way to meet need is a specific type of transport then it should not be being met out of the mobility element at all. A person cannot be told to spend their benefits on the meeting of their needs. If a person’s mobility benefit is being USED voluntarily

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My LA plans to introduce ‘PTBs – personal travel budgets’ to meet eligible needs e.g. transport to a day service or a group etc.. A travel broker will decide the best and most cost-effective way for a person to travel using this budget. Is this in line with the Care Act?

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My LA plans to introduce ‘PTBs – personal travel budgets’ to meet eligible needs e.g. transport to a day service or a group etc.. A travel broker will decide the best and most cost-effective way for a person to travel using this budget. Is this in line with the Care Act? Read More »

Is it legal to pay a relative’s transportation expenses to a distant placement which has been necessitated by the specificity of a client’s needs, or for reasons of cost in the first place?

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It could be lawful to do so if the authority thought it was reasonable as part of the client’s care package to pay for travel to enable the client to visit the family, but that it was cheaper and easier to get the family to the client, so the journeys the other way should thus

Is it legal to pay a relative’s transportation expenses to a distant placement which has been necessitated by the specificity of a client’s needs, or for reasons of cost in the first place? Read More »