§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount he proposes to transfer to each of the Welsh county councils equivalent to the present expenditure on the independent living fund.
§ Mr. David HuntSuccessor arrangements to the independent living fund announced on 24 November by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disabled People will involve local authorities working in partnership with the new fund to help people of working age with the most severe disabilities to live independently in the community. The sums within local authorities' standard spending assessments for 1993–94 attributable to their enhanced responsibilities under these arrangements are as follows:
£ thousands Clwyd 230 Dyfed 192 Gwent 253 Gwynedd 130 Mid Glamorgan 308 Powys 65 South Glamorgan 231 West Glamorgan 205 Total 1,614