That the Director of Finance and Commercial
Services:
Gives approval to set the
following criteria for the discretionary element of the Council Tax
Energy Rebate:
- Automatic payments of
£150 to vulnerable (as detailed below) households in bands E
to H;
- Automatic payments to
households who receive Housing Benefit and aren’t liable for
Council Tax;
- Payments to
households who become liable for Council Tax in band A to D
properties for the first time, after 1 April 2022;
- An application
process to enable households who aren’t liable for Council
Tax, but have energy costs;
- Any remaining funding
be allocated to working age households who are in receipt of
Council Tax Support and / or housing benefit; and
- A small amount of
funding to be used to top up the awards made to the pensioner
cohort of the Household Support Fund to allow the payments made to
this group to be £100.