Issue - meetings

            The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which proposed the following two amendments to the Council Tax Section 13A Discount Policy Statement, in relation to discretionary council tax relief provided to Care Leavers:

·         Where a Care Leaver was jointly and severally liable to pay council tax with one or more residents in a property who were not Care Leavers, the Council tax for the property would only be reduced by 50% (rather than 100%). This was to ensure that non Care Leavers were not advantaged through the policy and that relief was only provided to eligible Care Leavers; and

·         The wording of the Section 13A Policy Statement would be amended to enable the Council to provide discretionary council tax relief to Care Leavers regardless of which Council had previously acted as their corporate parent. This would ensure that the Council could provide a reciprocal agreement to that provided for Halton Care Leavers who move to other boroughs.

            RESOLVED: That the Executive Board be recommended to approve the amended Council Tax Section 13A Discount Policy Statement attached as Appendix A.