Change in Social Security Legislation
Perth & Kinross Council is set to expand a scheme that disregards war pensions when assessing and calculating housing benefit and council tax benefits. Currently in Perth and Kinross, war pensions, including war disablement pension, war widow’s pension or a war widower’s pension, are disregarded from a person's income when housing benefit and council tax benefits are being calculated. Social security legislation was amended earlier this year so that Service Attributable Pensions can also now be disregarded. Service Attributable Pensions are afforded under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme as a result of injury or illness, attributable to length of service.A meeting of the Housing and Health Committee on Wednesday will be asked to approve the expansion of our local discretionary scheme so that Service Attributable Pensions are disregarded in Perth and Kinross, along with all other types of war pension.
Local Care Commission Report
A care commission report on the high quality of care being provided by the Council's community care services and establishments will be presented this week.
15 Care Commission inspections were carried out between March 2009 and June 2010 at establishments which included Lewis Place Resource Centre, Dalweem Care Homes, Blairgowrie ARC, Gleneagles ARC, Beechgrove House and Rannoch Road Day Centre. Services such as Home Care were also inspected. The Care Commission reported on various aspects of the services using a grading service on four quality themes: Care & Support; Environment; Staffing; Management & Leadership. These are graded as either Very Good, Good or Adequate. During the inspections Perth & Kinross Council services received a total of 28 gradings of Very Good (53% of the overall total) 22 gradings of Good (42%) and three Adequate gradings (5%).
Respect on Rural Roads
Representatives of the National Farmers Union Scotland have urged all drivers to show common courtesy after local tractor drivers were slammed for failing to pull over when traffic builds up.
Long queues regularly form on some of Perthshires busiest routes as frustrated car drivers struggle to make their way past heavy agricultural vehicles.
The spokes person for the NFU asked for all drivers to show respect for other road users.
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