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date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on legal fees on court proceedings relating to disabled people and the (a) under-occupancy penalty and (b) Independent Living Fund in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government has robustly defended its policies in relation to the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the removal of the Spare Room Subsidy.</p><p> </p><p>The total legal costs invoiced to date, inclusive of VAT, in respect of both policies, where disability formed part of the grounds of the claim, are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Policy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 to date (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Living Fund</p></td><td><p>16,643</p></td><td><p>219,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Removal of Spare Room Subsidy</p></td><td><p>66,821</p></td><td><p>111,804</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 16:48:54 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

168099

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal assistants are employed under the Independent Living Fund.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Independent Living Fund does not collect or record data on how many personal assistants are employed by its users, either directly or through an agency.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 17:03:13 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

168100

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the closure of the Independent Living Fund on demand for the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	217274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis published on 6 March 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/12/2014 16:56:49 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin