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<p /> <p /> <p>I announced on 6 March that the Independent Living Fund will close
on 30 June 2015 and that responsibility and funding for all the care and support needs
of current users will transfer to English local authorities and to the devolved administrations
in Scotland and Wales. <br /> <br /> </p><p>The Independent Living Fund took immediate
and comprehensive action to ensure that this decision was communicated to users of
the fund. Details of the decision, including a link to the written statement, were
published on its website on 6 March. Individual letters and an information sheet were
issued by post to all users (or their representatives), on 12 March. For the following
week, the Independent Living Fund also operated extended telephone hours to handle
any follow-up questions from users. </p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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