Decision details

RESOLVED: That Council adopted the policy at Appendix B.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

(1)   The Housing Benefit Regulations make provision for the first £10 of a war disablement or war widow’s pension to be disregarded when calculating an applicant’s income relating to an application for housing benefit. The cost of this disregard is fully reimbursed to the Council by government.

(2)   The legislation also allows the Council to disregard any other part of these pensions and this Council has wholly disregarded the payments for a number of years when calculating housing benefit or council tax reduction entitlement.

(3)   The Council’s council tax reduction scheme is aligned to housing benefit regulations and disregards war disablement or war widow pension.