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Richard Ottaway Excerpts
Monday 22nd November 2010

(13 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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As the hon. Lady knows, the uncertainty is a result of the previous Administration not having correctly financed the independent living fund. That led to the trustees of the fund having to close it to new applicants. We have already undertaken an informal consultation about the future of the fund, and will shortly come forward with a formal consultation. My overwhelming requirement will be to make sure that existing recipients continue to be well supported.

Richard Ottaway Portrait Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con)
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T8. Will the Minister confirm that barriers to employment vary from one part of the country to another, that he has abandoned the one-size-fits-all policy of the previous Government, and that personalised help is being given to people seeking to get back into the employment market in accordance with their needs?