Council Tax Payments

Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your recent request, submitted under the Freedom of
Information Act concerning the percentage of properties within the borough
of Rotherham. For your reference I can inform you that there are 110,442
properties of which 25,290 properties receive varying levels of Council
Tax benefit. In addition to this there are also 41,297 properties that
receive a discount (for example due to their only being one householder)
or are exempt from paying Council Tax. Therefore as a percentage 40% of
all properties pay the full Council Tax rate.

For your further reference I have provided a breakdown into a number of
areas as you have requested.

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Please be aware however that some individuals / households may be double
counted in the statistics above given that a person may be in receipt of
benefits but also entitled to another discount, for example the single
persons discount rate of 25%. As an overall base however 25,290
properties of 110442 are in receipt of varying levels of benefit - which
equates to 23% of all households in the borough.

In closing I trust that you have found this information useful, and if you
have any queries then please feel free to contact me directly.

If you are not satisfied with this response you have the right to an
internal review by the Council. Please contact us via Sarah Corbett, Data
Protection and Information Security Officer, Legal Services, Civic
Building, Walker Place, Rotherham. S65 1UF. If you are not satisfied
with the internal review, you can appeal to the Information Commissioner.
Contact details are: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF. Telephone 01625 545700.
Alternatively go to <[2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/>

Yours sincerely

Mark Leese

Mark Leese

Principal Corporate Complaints Officer

Performance & Improvement Team

RBT(Connect)Ltd

(An RMBC/BT Joint Venture Company)

Winner of the Best Public Private Partnership Achievement at the MJ Awards
2006

Tel: (01709) 822421

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