Daeth Llywodraeth y DU â'r Gronfa Byw'n Annibynnol i ben ar 30 Mehefin llynedd, gan drosglwyddo'r cyfrifoldeb am ddarparu cymorth i'r rhai oedd yn derbyn taliadau'r Gronfa yng Nghymru i Lywodraeth Cymru. Er mwyn parhau i roi cymorth, sefydlais gynllun grant tymor byr gyda'r awdurdodau lleol - Grant Byw'n Annibynnol Cymru - i redeg hyd at 31 Mawrth 2017 o leiaf. Dan y cynllun hwn, darparwyd £20.4 miliwn i awdurdodau yn 2015-16 er mwyn eu galluogi i gynnal taliadau ar yr un lefel i'r rhai a arferai dderbyn taliadau o'r Gronfa. Mae Grant Byw'n Annibynnol Cymru wedi gweithio'n dda, gyda phobl anabl a arferai gael taliadau o'r Gronfa bellach yn eu cael gan eu hawdurdod lleol yn lle hynny, ac ychydig iawn o broblemau gododd. Rhaid i mi gofnodi fy ngwerthfawrogiad i'r awdurdodau lleol am gyflawni hyn.
The UK Government closed the ILF on 30 June last year and transferred responsibility for providing support to ILF recipients in Wales to the Welsh Government. To provide continuity of support, I put in place for the short-term a grant scheme with local authorities – the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) – to run until at least 31 March 2017. Under this, £20.4 million was provided to authorities in 2015-16 to enable them to maintain payments to former ILF recipients at the level they used to receive from the ILF. The WILG has worked well with disabled people who used to receive payments from the ILF receiving these from their local authority instead, with the minimum of issues raised. I must record my thanks to local authorities for achieving this.