§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if the successor body to the independent living fund will be enabled to provide assistance to new applicants in addition to existing recipients; if he will specify any difference in the eligibility criteria for each group; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottThe Government are committed to maintaining a fund which supports the most severely disabled people after April 1993. Details of the arrangements will be announced in due course.