One councilor is concerned about the impact a proposed increase in nappy collection shop prices could have on vulnerable families in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Board proposed to increase the cost of purchasing sanitary napkins by 400%. This means the cost of buying a bin, which is used to dispose of nappies, incontinence pads and sanitary napkins, will rise from £2 to £10 if the proposal is approved.

Speaking at a Glamorgan Council Social Care and Healthy Living Committee meeting on Tuesday 7 February, Councilor Marianne Cope described the proposed increase as huge and said it would affect the county’s most vulnerable families. He added: “It says this increase is just to cover Vale’s costs, but along with that, if we go to a three week tax, it will probably take three caddies and that will cost each family £. 30

“I’m really worried about this growth and I wonder what we can do to find a cheaper or bigger caddy so that families don’t have to have three caddies.” The council has proposed moving to collecting black garbage bags every three weeks to encourage more recycling and save money.

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Cllr Cowpe was informed that their concerns should be referred to the environment and recovery committee. However, the council’s report on the proposed fees and charges for 2023-24 said the increase under consideration “reflects the real cost of the dump, which has been subsidized so far”.

The report adds that the proposed increase is also intended to “help recoup the costs of providing this service that was justified during the Covid epidemic”. Another change proposed by the board, which the review committee considered during its meeting, is to increase the welfare per diem to match the expected level of inflation.

The council proposes to increase the fee for daytime domestic services looking after people with an intellectual disability by more than £10, from £110 a day to £121.77 a day. The daily service fee for seniors can increase from £64.70 to £71.62 per day, and for disabled people it can increase from £61.50 to £68.08.

At Tuesday’s review meeting, adviser Neil Thomas said: “It is sad that we have to raise prices, but it is good to see that many of these prices remain well below the rise in inflation caused by various circumstances that we have no advice on. ” control but are subject to “.

Source: Wales Online