Decision details
Council Tax Support Scheme 2022/23
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Since 2013, every council has been required to
set its own Council Tax Support Scheme, setting out how it wants to
help those on low income pay their council tax. The administration
is determined to ensure that residents are no worse off than they
would have been had the original council tax benefit regulations
stayed in place, ensuring that lower income families are supported
by the council. This report is not proposing to make any changes to
the Council Tax Support Scheme for 2022/23 other than the
application of the annual uprating.
Decision:
It is recommended that Cabinet agree the following recommendations to be approved by Full Council:
1. That the Council Tax Support Scheme in operation in 2021/2022 (included at Appendix 1) shall continue in 2022/2023.
2. That the Council shall apply the annual uprating of allowances, applicable amounts and income, set out in the DWP Housing Benefit circular, to the Council Tax Support scheme for 2022/2023.
Report author: Kirsty Brooksmith
Publication date: 11/01/2022
Date of decision: 10/01/2022
Decided at meeting: 10/01/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 14/01/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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