Decision details

Local Council Tax Support Scheme

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To propose a revision to local scheme for 2019-20.

Decision:

1. That the publication of a draft local council tax support scheme for consultation, for 2019-2020 onwards be approved, containing the following revisions:


a. A minimum change rule where changes in weekly entitlement of £3 or less are not applied.


b. Financial and household information used to assess entitlement to Universal Credit to be used to determine council tax support entitlement.


c. The notification of an award of specified benefits to count as a claim for council tax support.

2. That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Resources, in consultation with the Head of Revenues and Benefits, to approve the documents to be issued for consultation.

3. That it be noted, following the outcome of the consultation a further report would be submitted to Cabinet on 23 January 2019 to enable a final scheme to be recommended to Council on 6 March 2019.

Report author: Sue Martin

Publication date: 12/07/2018

Date of decision: 11/07/2018

Decided at meeting: 11/07/2018 - Cabinet

Effective from: 18/07/2018

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