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<p>The assessment of the fund’s effectiveness will involve users of the fund, the
Independent Administrator and the Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Stakeholder
Group, which includes disability organisations, political parties and the Local Government
Association. We have not planned for the formal involvement of the Speaker’s Conference
on Parliamentary Representation, which existed from 2008 – 2010, however I was a member
of that Speaker’s Conference and I am happy to hear views from any member of the House
on how the fund is working.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not published criteria
for the assessment; however, it will focus on the extent to which the fund removes
barriers to disabled people’s participation in public life. The assessment will draw
on a range of data gathered by the independent fund administrator, including demand
and the different types of support applicants require. The fund will provide support
up to and including the General Election and it will be for the next Government to
judge the fund’s effectiveness and whether and how it should be extended.</p><p> </p>
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