The Committee
considered the report of the Director of Environment and Shared
Services regarding changes required to the Local Council Tax
Support Scheme approved by Council on 11 December 2013.
The Head of Revenues
and Benefits introduced the report informing the Committee that at
the Council meeting on 11 December 2013 it was agreed that
amendments to the Local Council Tax Support Scheme should be
considered by this Committee prior to implementation.
The changes that are
required to be made are typical of the uprating that is made to
benefit awards each year and do not principally change the approach
which the council has set out.
In response to a
question, the Head of Revenues and Benefits informed the Committee
that the total number of residents in the region that this affected
was 10,000, 6,000 of which are of working age.
RESOLVED: That the Director of Environment & Shared
Services and the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, be
recommended to approve the changes to the Local Council Tax Support
Scheme, as outlined at Appendix A to the report of the Director of
Environment and Shared Services, be agreed and introduced from 1
April 2014.