Motability grants and the 12 hours work rule

wheels496

I am aware there are certain criteria you have meet before Motability will consider a grant (and this is before means testing).

On the Motability Foundation website, one of the criteria is that you need to be in employment for at least 12 hours per week. Don't want to say too much about my circumstances but does anyone know how working from home affects this rule?

Thanks

Ranald

You would have to phone and ask them, but surely if you work from home, you wouldn't need an expensive WAV?

I really don't know.

wheels496

This is why I don't usually post on forums… Someone who does not know me suddenly decides they know me enough to know I don't need a car? Sigh!

I have not been given a definite answer yet from Motability Foundation. Their website says 12 hours employment… It does not say anything else. I meet the 12 hours by far but the majority is at home but I am still in the office twice a week. Yes I know these vehicles are expensive (I have been driving them over 15 years). This is the 1st time I have applied for a grant.

I really don't want to explain all my circumstances. I just wanted to know whether people have had any experience of the 12 hours becoming 12 hours in the office? Trust me if I do not need these vehicles I would not be spending the money on them.

Ranald

That wasn't my intention, wheels496. I was just trying to think logically, but might well be wide of the mark.

My thinking was that if Motability stipulate you need to be working to get a grant, this was surely to enable the customer to get to their place of work. Your place of work is also your home.

I certainly have no idea whether you need a car, and wasn't passing judgement.

MW123

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/137679/motability-grants-and-the-12-hours-work-rule

Welcome to the community. While I do not have direct experience with the scheme, I have reviewed the relevant information available on the Motability Foundation’s official website.

There appears to be no stipulation regarding the location from which employment is undertaken. In the absence of any express provision to the contrary, it is reasonable to interpret the eligibility requirement as referring solely to the number of hours in paid employment, irrespective of the place of work.

durhamjaide2001

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1059094#Comment_1059094

well done for commenting dot on midnight I couldn't of done that before