Issue - meetings
Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2016 onwards consultation results
Meeting: 05/11/2015 - Cabinet (Item 72)
72 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2016 Onwards Consultation Results 
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(The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets)
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme consultation summary, item 72
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- Appendix 2 Local Council Tax Reduction Working Age Expenditure 2015/16, item 72
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- Appendix 3 Council Tax Reduction Caseload, item 72
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Minutes:
The Portfolio Holder for Operations and Assets advised Members of the results and feedback from the recently undertaken consultation on and the financial implications of the 2014/15 scheme and reviewed the consultation feedback when potential changes to be applied in the 2016/17 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme were considered. Also Members were advised that the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme for working age customers for 2016/17 should include continued alignment to Applicable Amounts with those of Housing Benefit. Members were requested to endorse the proposed change, supported by the consultation results, to exclude child maintenance as income.
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Cabinet considered the results of the public consultation on the current scheme, carried out 31 July to 25 September 2015, and endorsed the proposed recommended changes detailed below for when the scheme is considered by Council on 15 December 2015; and
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The base scheme (in place for 2014/15 and 2015/16) goes forward with the following exceptions/amendments;
(a) That the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme for working age customers for 2016/17 will continue to be aligned to Applicable Amounts with those of Housing Benefit, and
(b) That the exclusion of child maintenance as income becomes a policy change for the Local Council Tax Reduction scheme from 2016/17 onwards.
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(Moved by Councillor R Pritchard and seconded by Councillor S Doyle) |
