Decision details

Decision Made (Unanimously):

That:

1. delegated authority be granted to the Revenues+ Manager in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Support and Assets to make all necessary updates to this Council’s Council Tax Support Scheme to comply with any prescribed requirements that may be issued by central government. This may be by the making of specific regulations, or by amendment to the Local Government Finance Acts of 1992 and 2012.

2. delegated authority be granted to the Revenues+ Manager in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Corporate Support and Assets to make all necessary amendments to the Council’s scheme to uprate the allowances and premiums in accordance with the revised Housing Benefit Circular when it is issued by the DWP. This process is a requirement of the prescribed elements of the scheme.

3. the updated scheme be published in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 2012.

4. the level of the deduction to be applied to Working Age recipients of Council Tax Support from 1st April 2018 be finalised and agreed in accordance with South Ribble's scheme and as part of the Council's Budget and Council Tax Setting at the Council Meeting on the 28^th February 2018. This figure will continue to be within the range (between £3.00 and £5.00 per week) which was consulted upon during the introduction and implementation of the council's scheme in 2012.