HC Deb 21 June 1993 vol 227 cc60-1W
Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) whether sufferers from Huntington's disease, motor neurone disease and ataxia are to be excluded from eligibility for assistance by the independent living (1993) fund; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what criteria will be used to identify those terminally ill disabled people who are to be excluded from assistance by the independent living (1993) fund.

Mr. Scott

Questions of eligibility for assistance from the independent living (1993) fund are a matter for the trustees of the fund.

Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps he will take to provide support for severely disabled people who are terminally ill following the decision to exclude them from assistance by the independent living (1993) fund.

Mr. Scott

Support for people who are terminally ill is already provided in many forms by statutory, voluntary and charitable agencies.

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