Totally, if you consider Mb has 600k users, then that rise in benefit is worth an addded £201,240,000 this year. Although some say there is over 1 million claimaints that don’t use the scheme. There huge sums of money we talking about, all from the pockets of the disabled.
For me, I am plannning ahead and that’s hard to do being on the scheme as your caught in a trap to some degree and nothing to show for it at the end of the lease.
For many though the high ap’s are just not justifiable or affordable and hopefully it will be better in 2 years but I don’t see it being any better as we move towards 2030/35.
I see this as the new normal. Maybe more will, have to apply for grants or they will have to reduce the threeshold, but it still remains you need to apply for it and supply the info many don’t want to have too.
My wife just went back to work so I doubt we’d get a grant now either.
Many are going to have to leave or get something smaller which is maybe not as suitable for their needs. Which has already happened to a few who extended and reached the 5 years after extending and hoping something would come along, but didn’t and was told to order something now or leave the scheme basically.
It’s a constant worry and struggle to find a car and the ap, which is even harder now they’ve risen alot and there’s only 1/4 of the 2000+ cars there was to pick from.
Hopefully you find something suitable that you like, for an affordable ap during the 2 year extention problem is many are not, or the wait times are so long that they stuck in a car that’s no longer suitable for them for various reasons and is a crisis in the making.