That’s a hell of an mount to be paying for only 60 hours each 4 weekly period, I thought I was bad having to pay 23% (after rent/rates and house insurance deductions) of my usable (for luxuries. such as heating and eating) income.
I am afraid you were mislead by both SDS Scotland and your council on their response to Frank’s Law. SDS Scotland was on the conciliation board of Frank’s Law run by the Scottish Government and your council will have received their share of the £30 million, which you can find out just how much that is for your council by making a Freedom of Information request to the council, that’s what we did.
Any council that has been charging for Personal Care since April should repay the money, however as I have said, the council’s are trying to get round this by charging extra for Social Care. If any council says that they do not know what Frank’s Law is, then you should put in an official complaint to the council because they have had plenty of time to train there staff and especially SDS staff in the Law and they also must be stashing the cash instead of reducing peoples contribution charges to their care. It may also be worth putting in an FOI request as to how they are spending their share of the £30 million.
Good Luck Winston and if I can be of any further assistance,you know where to find me.