Wonder if anyone can clarify this.

if someone has a large motobility vehicle specially adapted to take motability scooter, which partner uses to transport claimant about, is there any problem in keeping this vehicle if the claimant then becomes housebound and can no longer get any use from it.

Or should they notify the relevant people of the change in circumstances and maybe just get an ordinary motability vehicle?

If your client really is housebound then they are not in a position "from time to time to benefit from enhanced facilities for locomotion" . In which case they are not entitled to DLA mobility component and DWP should be informed of the change of circumstances. The position regarding motability vehicles depends on the detail of the hire/leasing arrangements, which you will need to consult.

I did include the statutory reference in square brackets, but it disappeared from the posting. It's: SSCBA 1992, s.73(8).

Thank you for the information

Actually, it is very rare for anyone to become totally housebound. Does your service user go to hospital appointments by ambulance, for example? Personally, I have never come across anyone still living at home who was put in the position of having to give up DLA mobility component for this reason. S/he may well be unable to walk, but that is a ground for entitlement, not for non-entitlement.

Would agree with Connolly. The 'unable to benefit from enhanced facilities for locomotion' provision is only meant to apply to people who are in a PVS, or whose medical condition means it is not safe for them to be moved. The extremely small number of people who are caught by this, are almost certainly going to be in hospital or a nursing home. The test is not 'is it possible for them to get out', or even 'do they want to go out', but 'would they benefit from going out'. From the brief description in the orginal posting the person would come nowhere failing the test.

If there really is an issue on the facts of the case it might be useful to look at CM/5/1986.