FOI Request Council Tax Support
Request 101001481504
1. How many people in the local authority area receive support under the council tax reduction scheme as of today (2017/18 financial year)?
2. How many received support in each of the financial years 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17?
3. How many applications were made for 1) main CTR and 2) bands E-H relief CTR in each month from April 2013 to the present day?
4. For each month and scheme, how many of those claims were accepted and how many were rejected?
Response 02-05-2017
1.5767
2. 2013/14 =6378
2014/15 =6097
2015/16 =5871
2016/17 =5791
3.1)
| APR | MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | |
| 2013/14 | 140 | 142 | 158 | 132 | 134 | 167 | 137 | 170 | 143 | 141 | 214 | 150 |
| 2014/15 | 148 | 185 | 155 | 144 | 135 | 153 | 154 | 162 | 144 | 145 | 192 | 148 |
| 2015/16 | 202 | 166 | 160 | 125 | 155 | 174 | 138 | 143 | 128 | 167 | 160 | 122 |
| 2016/17 | 214 | 155 | 148 | 107 | 145 | 183 | 144 | 122 | 125 | 208 | 162 | 150 |
2) Bands E-H relief was only commenced from April 2017- we have 4 properties claiming relief.
4.Above figures are for all new claims processed in the month. We are unable to supply figures for rejected as these are not recorded in our system therefore this information is exempt under section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002- Information Not Held.