Decision details

To approve a local scheme which will replace council tax benefit for 2013/14

RESOLVED that:

a)     Council be recommended to adopt the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) default scheme as the Council’s Local Council Tax support scheme for 2013/14, subject to the enactment of the relevant legislation and the final grant settlement being in line with current forecasts.

b)     Council be recommended that the local council tax support scheme disregards in full war widows and war disablement pensions when assessing entitlement to council tax support for working and pension age customers as currently happens for housing and council tax benefit.

c)      Work commences on developing a robust council tax support scheme for working age customers, to take effect from April 2014, which reduces the council tax support costs, protects vulnerable people as far as possible and keeps work incentives.