The Welsh Independent Living Grant

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 6 March 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:34, 6 March 2018

Well, that monitoring is continuing. We know that local authorities had reviewed, or were in the process of reviewing, the future support needs of just over 350 of the former ILF recipients in Wales. Out of these, just over 30 had already agreed and were receiving their future support either direct from the authority or by receiving direct payments in order to obtain their support themselves. Now, there is a need, of course, to continue with the monitoring arrangements, as I mentioned earlier on. We want to monitor recipients' experience of the process, and that is what the Minister is considering at the moment in terms of how that might be taken forward.