AQW 30045/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of people in each Health and Social Care Trust in receipt of the Independent Living Fund in each of the last ten years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 21 February 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 February 2022
- Answer due by
- 8 March 2022
- Answered
- 24 February 20223 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
This information was not held centrally, so the information was requested from the Independent Living Fund Scotland. Information can only be provided from July 2015.
Table 1a: Number of people in receipt of the Independent Living Fund 2015- 2018
| HSC Trust | July 2015 | April 2016 | April 2017 | April 2018 |
| Belfast | 112 | 107 | 100 | 97 |
| Northern | 97 | 93 | 87 | 81 |
| South Eastern | 75 | 70 | 64 | 62 |
| Southern | 142 | 134 | 122 | 112 |
| Western | 168 | 157 | 148 | 134 |
| Northern Ireland | 594 | 561 | 521 | 486 |
Table 1b: Number of people in receipt of the Independent Living Fund 2019- 2022
| HSC Trust | April 2019 | April 2020 | April 2021 | February 2022 |
| Belfast | 96 | 89 | 87 | 85 |
| Northern | 76 | 69 | 64 | 62 |
| South Eastern | 59 | 56 | 55 | 52 |
| Southern | 104 | 98 | 91 | 85 |
| Western | 124 | 113 | 106 | 100 |
| Northern Ireland | 459 | 425 | 403 | 384 |