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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I never said that all disabled people were being denied Motability cars, I said that 1/3 of those transferring from DLA to PIP had lost their cars. In addition, I don't see what relevance the number of these having their car taken away that are wheelchair users is, nor do I understand your comment about someone living in close proximity to one of the remaining Remploy factories.

As I said before, i'm not interested in the party political side of things ie who was in Government when various Remploy factories were closed. For the record, the coalition closed the last batch of 33 factories in 2012 and the future of the remaining 20 remains uncertain.

Whether a disabled person could use a bus or not depends on many factors, some of which may vary day by day or even hour by hour. The regulations, however, do state that payment of the mobility component should only be awarded if there is 'enhanced facility for locomotion'.

You said "Not all disabled people are able to use public transport or taxis as you assume.". I was pointing out that implies that many are able to. More are able to than would have been 20 years or more ago. Changes have been made. Buses can "kneel" to ease getting on/off, areas set aside for wheelchairs with ramps to get on/off, passes for free travel including free door to door services(like free taxis).

The Remploy factories were closed at the suggestion of Disability organisations.
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For him, the move has seemed inevitable since the day, four years ago, when he visited Remploy's Birkenhead textile factory, which eventually closed last year. "For a variety of reasons, they had lost their contracts, and there were 30 or 40 people sitting there doing absolutely nothing," Matthews recalls. "They had no work to do and had not had any work for some time.
"Later, I went down the road to the Birkenhead branch of Remploy Employment Services (Res), which had not been open very long, and learned that they had placed more than 40 people in work in six months. That was quite a contrast: 40 people sitting around doing nothing in our factory against 40 people in productive jobs in the local economy. Which was the right model for supporting disabled people in the 21st century?"

The coalition government commissioned a report on the future of disability employment and training from a review team led by Liz Sayce, chief executive of disability charity Radar (now Disability Rights UK) and a known critic of sheltered factories. The report recommended winding down support for segregated employment, saying that each of the 2,800 Remploy factory workers was subsidised by an average £25,000 a year that could be better spent.

Matthews leaves Remploy at the end of the year when his contract finishes. A new chief executive will run Res, which has helped 50,000 disabled and disadvantaged people into work in the past four years. By March 2015, it is expected to be in private hands.

That's helping 5 times as many people who were "employed" at Remploy just in the space of 4 years. Seems the better system.

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J

If you can't find one, I doubt Richard can.

I have found one. The problem is that the estimates are based on PIP reassessments done so far. The reassessments that have been done are likely to be for decisions that were for a fixed term (eg 2 years). That will give a false impression of the numbers for the future .I don't think the reassessments of long term indefinite awards have started yet. IIRC Due to start later this year.