The DWP considers that the rate of fraud in relation to personal independence payment (PIP) is so small (0.3% + 0.1% official error) that it is assessed at 0% in the 2024 “Fraud and error in the benefits system annual report” and down from 0.9% in 2023. This is hardly surprising given the difficulty in getting an award for PIP in the first place.
The way the Daily Fail puts it the tax payer is out of pocket yet, neither Motability Operations, Motability (the charity) nor the Motability Trust receive any direct funding from Government. Motability Operations buys its vehicles, however, secure in the knowledge that Government welfare payments will provide—in the vast majority of cases—three years of secure funding to pay for the leasing of those vehicles. Motability Operations is heavily dependent on Government welfare payments for the continuation of its business model.
It’s saddening to hear that @Oscarmax and shouldn’t be happening to you or anyone else.