§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many terminally ill people obtained financial assistance from the independent living fund, for each year from 1980 to 1990; and how much money was paid out in respect of such persons in each year;
(2) what proportion of people receiving financial assistance form the independent living fund for each year since 1980 were terminally ill.
§ Mr. ScottThe independent living fund was established in 1988. The information requested is not available.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimates have been made by his Department to establish how many people will be denied financial assistance by the independent living (1993) fund over the next two years because they are terminally ill; and how much money will be saved over the next two years resulting from the exclusion of terminally ill people.
§ Mr. ScottThe independent living (1993) fund is an independent and discretionary trust. Questions of policy and case load forecasting are a matter for the trustees of the fund.
No financial savings will arise as a result of the trustees' recent decision because the 1993 fund is cash limited.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Stratford upon Avon,Official Report, 21 June 1993, column 61, if he will list the statutory agencies which support people who are terminally ill.
§ Mr. ScottHealth authorities and local social services departments provide care for terminally ill people where appropriate.