Summary and Background Independent Living Funds
42.The current Independent Living Funds - the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund - are being replaced by a new Trust called the Independent Living Fund (2006). The Act amends the Disability (Grants) Act 1993 to enable the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland to make grants to the new Independent Living Fund (2006).