Adam Smith Institute

The £8 Billion Disability Car Scheme Nobody Wants to Question

Brand New Cars for Anxiety While Pensioners Freeze

The Adam Smith Institute's investigation into the Motability scheme uncovers a staggering £8.1 billion annual expenditure on brand-new cars for welfare claimants, far exceeding essential public services budgets. This exposé reveals how a program initially designed to assist wheelchair users has ballooned into an unaccountable monopoly, purchasing one in five new cars sold in Britain, while eligibility criteria have been drastically expanded to include conditions like anxiety and depression.