Disabled Facilities Grants

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 7 October 2024.

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Photo of Laura Kyrke-Smith Laura Kyrke-Smith Labour, Aylesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Facilities Grant scheme, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Test of Resources in order to ensure working people with disabilities can access means-tested support.

Photo of Stephen Kinnock Stephen Kinnock Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We recognise how important the right housing arrangements are in enabling people to live independently, and the need to support people to live in their own home wherever possible. In England, we continue to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes, through practical changes like installing stair lifts or level access showers, to make them safe and suitable for their needs.

We continue to keep all aspects of the DFG under review. Local authorities have a significant degree of flexibility in how they deliver home adaptations funding. For example, they can publish a housing assistance policy to increase the upper limit of the grant, or remove means testing for grants costing under a certain amount.

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