§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications for assistance from the independent living fund have been turned down during the current financial year on the grounds that the value of the applicant's existing care package totals £500 or more; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottI am informed by the director of the independent living (1993) fund that 11 applications to the fund have been turned down on those grounds.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) successful applications for assistance were made to the independent living fund during the current financial year, (b) individuals receiving help from the independent living fund under the previous arrangements continued to receive help during the current financial year and (c) unsuccessful applications for help were made to the independent living fund in the current year; and if he will break these figures down by local authority.
§ Mr. ScottI am informed by the director of the independent living (1993) fund that, as at 1 February, 187 successful applications had been made to the fund. A further 311 applications have been unsuccessful. At the same date, 19,137 former clients of the independent living fund were receiving payments from the independent living (extension) fund.
A breakdown of the figures at 1 February by local authority is not yet available. The table shows the breakdown of applications as at 31 December 1993.
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Local authority Successful cases Unsuccessful cases Avon 5 4 Bedfordshire 1 2 Berkshire 2 3 Buckinghamshire 6 1 Cambridgeshire 0 1 Cheshire 0 6 Cleveland 0 5 216W
Local authority Successful cases Unsuccessful cases Cornwall 0 1 Cumbria 4 3 Derbyshire 5 1 Devon 2 2 Dorset 1 1 Durham 1 4 East Sussex 0 3 Essex 7 4 Gloucester 3 0 Hampshire 3 2 Hereford and Worcester 0 2 Hertfordshire 2 4 Humberside 1 2 Isle of Wight 1 1 Kent 0 0 Lancashire 1 3 Leicestershire 2 0 Lincolnshire 2 2 Norfolk 1 4 Northamptonshire 1 1 Northumberland 0 2 North Yorkshire 1 3 Nottinghamshire 0 4 Oxfordshire 2 2 Shropshire 4 3 Somerset 2 0 Staffordshire 0 2 Suffolk 4 2 Surrey 5 0 Warwickshire 1 0 West Sussex 0 1 Wiltshire 0 0 Greater Manchester Wigan 0 0 Bolton 0 0 Bury 0 1 Rochdale 0 0 Salford 1 1 Manchester 0 0 Oldham 2 6 Trafford 0 0 Stockport 0 0 Tameside 0 1 West Midlands Wolverhampton 1 3 Walsall 1 1 Dudley 1 0 Sandwell 2 0 Birmingham 0 2 Solihull 1 2 Coventry 0 1 Merseyside Sefton 0 0 Liverpool 0 6 St. Helens 0 4 Knowsley 0 1 Wirral 0 1 South Yorkshire Barnsley 0 0 Doncaster 0 1 Sheffield 3 1 Rotherham 1 0 Tyne and Wear Newcastle 1 2 North Tyneside 0 1 Gateshead 0 0 South Tyneside 0 0 Sunderland 1 1 West Yorkshire Bradford 1 0 Leeds 1 0 217W
Local authority Successful cases Unsuccessful cases Calderdale 1 0 Kirklees 0 0 Wakefield 0 2 Wales Clwyd 11 7 Dyfed 2 0 Gwent 0 1 Gwynedd 1 7 Mid-Glamorgan 2 0 Powys 0 0 South Glamorgan 1 2 West Glamorgan 0 0 N. Ireland Northern area 0 2 Southern area 0 6 Eastern area 1 4 Western area 0 7 Scotland Highland 0 1 Grampian 0 0 Tayside 1 0 Fife 2 3 Lothian 2 3 Central 3 0 Borders 0 0 Strathclyde 7 7 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 Orkneys 0 0 Shetlands 0 1 W. Isles 0 1 London Central Camden 4 5 Greenwich 2 1 Hackney 3 4 Hammersmith 0 6 Islington 0 1 Kensington 2 4 Lambeth 4 2 Lewisham 0 1 Southwark 2 4 Tower Hamlets 0 0 Wandsworth 0 1 Westminster 1 1 City 0 0 Outer London Barking 1 1 Barnet 0 1 Bexley 0 1 Brent 2 1 Bromley 0 0 Croydon 0 0 Ealing 0 1 Enfield 0 0 Haringey 1 2 Harrow 1 1 Havering 2 1 Hillingdon 1 1 Hounslow 1 0 Kingston 3 0 Merton 1 0 Newham 0 0 Redbridge 1 0 Richmond 1 0 Sutton 1 0 Waltham Forest 1 0