Found this whilst nosing about on Hansard

Disability Benefits (European Court of Justice)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs.
Anne McGuire): I notified the House on 23 October that the European
Court of Justice has decided that for the purposes of European Law,
three benefits—Disability Living Allowance (care component),
Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance—are incorrectly classified
as special non-contributory benefits.

As a result of the judgment, these benefits are, in certain
circumstances, exportable within the European Economic Area (EAA) and
Switzerland. Customers will, of course, have to meet existing
entitlement criteria to receive the benefits. Department officials met
recently with officials from the European Commission to clarify the
extent of the Government’s responsibilities following this judgment
and discussions are continuing on this complex area of European
legislation.

The Disability and Carers Service is currently preparing new guidance
for staff and making arrangements to handle cases from abroad. In
particular proper controls must be put in place to gather medical
evidence from abroad to ensure that UK decision-makers are properly
able to assess claims. We expect to provide full details on
eligibility criteria on: www.direct.gov.uk by 5 April 2008. We
anticipate that first payments could be made to eligible claimants
shortly afterwards.

On 5 Feb, 17:19, Custard <ignore the facts-complet...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Found this whilst nosing about on Hansard
>
> Disability Benefits (European Court of Justice)
> The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs.
> Anne McGuire): I notified the House on 23 October that the European
> Court of Justice has decided that for the purposes of European Law,
> three benefits--Disability Living Allowance (care component),
> Attendance Allowance and Carer's Allowance--are incorrectly classified
> as special non-contributory benefits.
>
> As a result of the judgment, these benefits are, in certain
> circumstances, exportable within the European Economic Area (EAA) and
> Switzerland. Customers will, of course, have to meet existing
> entitlement criteria to receive the benefits. Department officials met
> recently with officials from the European Commission to clarify the
> extent of the Government's responsibilities following this judgment
> and discussions are continuing on this complex area of European
> legislation.
>
> The Disability and Carers Service is currently preparing new guidance
> for staff and making arrangements to handle cases from abroad. In
> particular proper controls must be put in place to gather medical
> evidence from abroad to ensure that UK decision-makers are properly
> able to assess claims. We expect to provide full details on
> eligibility criteria on:www.direct.gov.ukby 5 April 2008. We
> anticipate that first payments could be made to eligible claimants
> shortly afterwards.

So does this mean people can move to Spain, then apply for the
benefit?

Martin  <><