HC Deb 30 June 1993 vol 227 c513W
Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will discuss with the trustees of the Independent Living (1993) Fund the quality of the data available to them about the circumstances of severely disabled people and projections of their needs in reaching their decision to exclude the terminally ill, and others whose conditions are not stable, from the scope of the fund; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Scott

The decision that the trustees took was on a question of policy and was therefore their sole responsibility.

Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions officials of his Department attended meetings of the board of trustees of the Independent Living (1993) Fund; and what role they played at these meetings.

Mr. Scott

Officials of my Department are invited to attend these meetings by the trustees. They attend as observers.

Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether reviews of individual cases funded by the Independent Living (1993) Fund will take place on a six-monthly basis in line with the trustees' intention to arrange six-monthly packages of care with local authorities; and what assessment he has made of the administrative and financial implications of this.

Mr. Scott

Administrative issues, such as the review of cases, are matters for the trustees and director of the Independent Living (1993) Fund.