https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-living-fund-user-profile-analysis-march-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
b) The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis that was published on 6 March alongside the Written Ministerial Statement announcing the closure.<\/p>
As previously announced in the 2013 Spending Review, local authorities and the devolved administrations will be fully funded to meet their additional responsibilities towards former ILF users in 2015/16.<\/p>"}
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The potential implications of closing the Independent Living Fund are set out clearly in the Equality Analysis that was published on 6 March alongside the Written Ministerial Statement announcing the closure.<\/p>"}
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The ILF currently makes direct cash payment. These are not intended to pay for healthcare or to replace services already provided by the NHS.<\/p>"}
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There is no intention to increase the financial burden on business and extend the qualifying rules for Statutory Sick Pay to bring apprentices earning below the lower earnings level into eligibility. An apprentice earning below the lower earnings limit will, in line with other employees on a low income, continue to have access to Employment and Support Allowance.<\/p>"}
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1)The information is commercial in confidence.<\/p>
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2) The Department regularly meets with both Assessment Providers to discuss performance. Failure to meet contractual obligations will result in the Department applying service credits (financial remedies) in line with the contract.<\/p>"}
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