Information relating to the closure of the Independent Living Fund (FOI)

​​Request

Please could you answer the following questions with regards to the closure of the Independent Living Fund.

A.

Will you be ring fencing the ILF money passed to you to :

a) individual ILF Users.
b) adult Social Care.
c) not ring fence at all.

B.

Have you received the details of how much money you are being allocated and if so how much is that.

C.

When will you be starting reassessments of ILF users and when do you anticipate completing those assessments.

D.

What arrangements are you putting in place for those ILF users you have not reassessed by 30th June to continue funding their current ILF care packages until an assessment has been carried out. Bearing in mind that many of these ILF users will not currently have Direct Payments set up with the Local Authority.

E.

Do you have contingency plans in case a change in Government at the forthcoming election alters the ILF funding situation?

Response

Following a search of our paper and electronic records, we have established that the information you requested is not held by either the States of Jersey Social Security Department or States of Jersey Health and Social Services Department in respect of an ‘Independent Living Fund’ outlined in your request.

The Channel Island of Jersey is not part of the UK, and we do not receive any money from the UK in this area.