GlosGuy As you would not be paying PIP Mobility to Motability, just watch the council do not count her pip mobility component as income or savings towards her care package charges.
Thankfully, they disregard the Mobility component of PIP when it comes to income, even if you take it as cash and don’t have a Motability car. That was very clear in all the guidance notes, and the financial assessment result that we had back confirmed it. We were also surprised that they disregarded a proportion of the daily living component as well, as that hadn’t been mentioned. I haven’t checked the maths, but suspect it’s the extra amount for the higher level award that they disregard. Thankfully, they also allowed all of the countless disability related expenses that I articulated, so much so that in total they offset the private pension income that my wife has above the minimum income guarantee. It took me half a day to complete the financial assessment thoroughly, along with several phone calls with the person at the council who was assessing it, and we got a great result that my wife was delighted with!