UPDATE
I called the DWP PIP helpline this morning. They will not issue a ‘Certificate of Entitlement’ for VED exemption as we already have exemption on the Motability car, and you can only have it on one car. I explained that we would not end the Motability contract until the same day that we take delivery of the new (private) car, so how are we supposed to get the certificate in time? They couldn’t help on that one. I then tried to call DVLA to ask them, but it said that the minimum wait time was 45 minutes, so I hung up. Broken Britain exemplified!
I guess I have two options. Option 1. Call Motability a month or two before I take delivery and say that I will pay the VED (£50 a month) on the Motability car and hope that they do their admin, let DWP know, I can then get through to DWP to request a certificate, they agree (having hopefully been notified by Motability) and send us the certificate in time. Or, option 2, I pay the VED on the new car and then attempt to claim it back. That’s a big risk as the first year VED (showroom tax) on the car I’m buying is £5,490 so I don’t fancy handing that amount over in addition to the cost of the car and if, for some reason, I end up having to pay for even one month that’s over £450. Neither option is ideal.
I’ll speak to the dealer later, but any thoughts?