Independent Living Fund: Northern Ireland
(asked on 13th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the Independent Living Fund on previous claimants of that fund in Northern Ireland.
This question was answered on 16th January 2015
The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund on 30 June 2015 are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis published on 6 March 2014.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-equality-analysis
The Northern Ireland Executive is consulting on future arrangements for supporting Independent Living Fund users in Northern Ireland.