Warning if you are applying for backdated SDP and you are in receipt of care from local council they

AliAnne

I applied to DWP for the backdated SDP for my son It turns out that my son wont see a penny of his backdated claim so this is a warning to anyone thinking of going through the hassle of applying for it. I have been in receipt of a direct payment from the council since 2018 and they are claiming that the backdated claim is theirs and are going for the lot. What makes this a very bitter pill was that in was a council benefits advisor who advised me to apply and then after we were told how much my son was to get he copied in the financial assessment team and they consequently told me that they consider the money as income.. and if he had been claiming it at the time the whole amount would have been taken from him anyway as his contribution. I am intending to make a formal complaint against the council about the way this has been done.. in a nutshell the council advised me to apply knowing full well they were going to take the money and so they used me to obtain government funds and they have abused by sons and our mental health in the process. I am utterly furious.. I have consulted the CAB and apparently they can do this but have been advised that the way they have gone about it is not just and very bad form.. they should have told me from the outset that they would be claiming it..

AliAnne

thanks for this reference. We will be making reference to this Public Sector Equality Duty on the grounds of my sons disability.