Decision details

The Southampton Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2014 was agreed by the Council on 16 January 2013. On the 30th January 2015 the Chief Financial Officer under delegated authority approved the 2015 Council tax Reduction scheme for Southampton.  This report recommends changes to the agreed scheme to implement subsequent legislative changes and to take account of the annual benefits uprating.

To approve for the year 2016-17 and subsequent years the amended Southampton City Council Tax Reduction Scheme.

The Southampton Council Tax Reduction Scheme requires amendment to implement prescribed government regulations, welfare measures included in the 2015 Summer Budget and to take account of the uprating to the social security benefit rates that will apply from April 2016. 

There have been no recommendations for substantive change to the adopted scheme other than to implement the required legislation changes set out in the report.