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Proportion of pensioners claiming Local Council Tax Support (13688) Metric type
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- This is a proportion of the population aged 65 or over claimants for localised council tax support for local authorities (LCTS). The percentage is based on all pensioners in receipt of a reduced council tax bill. A person is a “pensioner” if—
(i) he/she has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; and
(ii) he/she is not, or, if he/she has a partner, his/her partner is not—
(a) a person on income support, on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance; or
(b) a person with an award of universal credit.
The introduction of Local Council Tax Support schemes (LCTS), from 1 April 2013, replaced the nationally set Council Tax Benefit (CTB). Each council now has in place its own individually designed and owned LCTS scheme to provide help to low-income (working age) council taxpayers. This support comes in the form of a discount on the amount of Council Tax due. This assistance is not classed as a benefit and is at the full discretion of the council. This local discretion means that the amount of discount varies between councils. Local council tax support for pensioners, unlike those for working age people, remain set at a national level, and replicates the level of support that pensioners would have received under the former national Council Tax Benefit system. This means that the lowest income pensioners do not have to pay council tax.
- Modified
- 26 Jan 2024
- Data last updated
- 15 Feb 2024
- Short label
- % of pensioners claiming Local Council Tax Support
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Percent claimants
- Dataset
- Local Council Tax Support claimants
- Collection
- Local Council Tax support
- Source
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
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