Elated mother Jane Pawley is celebrating after the Benefits Agency reversed a decision which led to the car she used to take her disabled daughter to hospital being towed away.

Mother-of-three Mrs Pawley, a widow, is delighted after receiving news that her 14-year-old daughter's benefit will now be restored and she can pay for the special car.

Mrs Pawley, said that because of a tiny mistake on a benefits form, the Benefits Agency gave her just ten days to return the specially-adapted car which serves as their only lifeline.

She completed the form in August, making a mistake when estimating how far her daughter, Amy, was capable of walking.

When she told staff that she had made the mistake, she was told she could appeal, but the process would take months.

Mrs Pawley, 40, of Ashfield Way, in Hazlemere, said: "I had put down that she could walk 100 yards, but I made a total mistake. Amy can barely walk 20 yards without getting in severe pain."

Her husband Kelvin died in 1993 and a year later, Amy then seven, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.

After having surgery she was left severely disabled, paralysed down her left side with eyesight problems and memory and learning difficulties.

Mrs Pawley, said: "I was devastated when we found out they were taking the car and so was Amy because we use it for everything so I wrote to them with a report detailing how far she could walk."

The reports were signed by her consultant, social worker and physiotherapist, and the Benefits Agency has now reconsidered its decision.

A spokesman for the Benefits Agency said that he could not make comments on individual cases but confirmed that the benefit had been restored for life and the family would get the car, leased through the charity Motability, back on Monday (Sept 18).

Mrs Pawley said: "We could have just ended up being stranded in the house so I am really pleased that they have decided to change their decision. "It took a bit of pressure but we have got it in the end so I am over the moon."