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Independent Living Fund

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 207893, tabled on 2 September 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to retain the Independent Living Fund and continue access for new claimants.

Answered on

9 September 2014

On 6 March 2014 the Government announced that the Independent Living Fund (ILF) would close in June 2015 with responsibility and funding transferred to local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales. Funding for Northern Ireland is already a matter for the Northern Ireland administration which is currently consulting on the best way to support users living there. The ILF has been closed to new applications since 2010.