AQW 30045/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 21/02/2022
Answered On Date: 24/02/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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