Annual Report and Accounts 2009-10 - Welfare Reform impact ...

14 Losses and special payments
Although grants to individuals are discretionary payments, formal recovery
is sought where the provision of incorrect information has led to incorrect
payment or where the grants have not been used for the intended purpose.
Where recovery is deemed to be unachievable, a loss is recorded. 347 losses
with a total value of £1,151,000 were recorded in 2009-10 (395 losses with
a total value of £559,000 for 2008-09). Losses relate to payments originally
made by the ILF and cases transferred from the Independent Living (1993)
Fund and the Independent Living (Extension) Fund on 1 October 2007.
The value of losses was higher in 2009-10 because some long-outstanding
cases were approved for writeoff by HM Treasury.
These are losses that are recorded when it becomes evident that there are
no practical avenues remaining by which to pursue recovery, and therefore
no further action is taken by the specialist team. They do not relate to
amounts included in other receivables at note 11 and, being past payments
that were recorded as costs when originally advanced, do not represent
a further cost now they are deemed irrecoverable.
No other losses have been incurred by the ILF that require reporting
in this note.
No special payments, which fall to be reported under the disclosure
requirements of the FReM, were made during 2009-10.
(One special payment of £74,000 was made during 2008-09, being
a compensation payment.)
92 Independent Living Fund (2006)