Financial help if you're disabled
Vehicles and transport
You鈥檒l need to meet the legal obligations for drivers before you can drive.
Blue Badge parking scheme
The Blue Badge scheme provides a range of parking benefits for disabled people with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or as passengers.
Vehicle tax exemption
Eligibility
You can apply for exemption from paying vehicle tax if you get the:
- higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- enhanced rate mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- enhanced rate mobility component of
- higher rate mobility component of
- War Pensioners鈥� Mobility Supplement
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
The vehicle must be registered in the disabled person鈥檚 name or their nominated driver鈥檚 name.
It must only be used for the disabled person鈥檚 personal needs. It cannot be used by the nominated driver for their own personal use.
You can only use your exemption on one vehicle at a time. If you have more than one vehicle, you鈥檒l need to choose which one will be exempt from vehicle tax.
How to claim
You claim the exemption when you apply for vehicle tax.
If you鈥檙e claiming for a vehicle for the first time, you have to claim at a Post Office. You must do this every time you change your vehicle.
Vehicle tax reduction
Eligibility
You can get a 50% reduction in vehicle tax if you get the:
The vehicle should be registered in the disabled person鈥檚 name or their nominated driver鈥檚 name.
You cannot get a reduction for getting the DLA lower rate mobility component.
How to claim
You must include the following with your application:
- a letter or statement from the Department for Work and Pensions that shows your PIP rate and the dates you鈥檙e getting it - if you鈥檙e getting PIP
- an ADP decision letter from Social Security Scotland that shows your mobility component rate and the dates you鈥檙e getting it - if you鈥檙e getting ADP
- the vehicle log book (V5C)
- a V10 form
- evidence of a current MOT, if you need one - for example, a copy of your vehicle鈥檚 MOT history or your MOT certificate, if you have one
- an original goods vehicle testing (GVT) certificate, if you need one
- a cheque or payable order (made out to 鈥�DVLA, Swansea鈥�) for 50% of the full rate of car tax for the vehicle
- an insurance certificate or cover note (if you live in Northern Ireland)
Do not send your PIP assessment or any other medical information with your application.
If you鈥檝e just bought the vehicle and it鈥檚 not registered in your name yet, you鈥檒l need to complete a V62 form and include the green 鈥榥ew keeper鈥� slip from the log book with your application.
Send the documents to:
DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1BF
If the vehicle is not registered to you or the nominated driver
When you make your application you will need to include a signed letter from the vehicle鈥檚 registered keeper. This needs to say:聽
- how they know you
- how the vehicle will be used, for example picking up your prescription or shopping聽
The Motability Scheme
The can help you with leasing a car, powered wheelchair or scooter. You鈥檒l need to be getting one of the following:
- higher rate of the mobility component of DLA
- higher rate of the mobility component of Child Disability Payment
- War Pensioners鈥� Mobility Supplement
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- enhanced rate of the mobility component of PIP
- enhanced rate mobility component of Adult Disability Payment
VAT relief for vehicles
You may not have to pay VAT on having a vehicle adapted to suit your condition, or on the lease of a Motability vehicle - this is known as VAT relief.
Community and public transport
Your local council may operate dial-a-ride or taxi schemes, for example, using vouchers or tokens. You may also be eligible for a bus pass, a or both.