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DISREGARD OF WAR DISABLEMENT INCOME
Meeting: 11/07/2024 - Council (Item 10.)
10. DISREGARD OF WAR DISABLEMENT INCOME 
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REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – CUSTOMERS
To consider the adoption of a policy which ensures that members of the armed forces who have been disabled during service or the widows, widowers or surviving civil partner of those who died in service are recognised and not financially penalised when calculating entitlement to housing benefit.
Additional documents:
- Appendix B - War Pension Disregard Policy, item 10.
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- Appendix C - Equality Analysis template War veterans signed, item 10.
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Decision:
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.