June Budget and Spending Review 2010: DLA and ESA changes

The Coalition Government’s June 2010 Budget announced that a new “objective medical assessment” would be introduced for Disability Living Allowance claims from 2013-14. The Spending Review on 20 October announced that that the DLA mobility component is to be withdrawn from people in care homes whose place is funded by a public body. The Spending Review also announced that, from April 2012, for those Employment and Support Allowance claimants assessed as eligible for the “Work Related Activity Group”, contributory ESA would only be payable for up to one year.