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From: The Children's Society <[FOI #1025565 email]>
Sent: 13 September 2023 10:30
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Council Tax Exemption Policy for
Care Leavers

Dear Horsham District Council,

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to request information
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your council's policy
on council tax exemption for care leavers.

I would be grateful if you could provide answers to the following
questions:

1. Do you have a council tax exemption policy in place for care leavers?
[Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."]

If you answered "Yes" to Question 1, please provide the following
information:

2. Is this exemption provided for care leavers up to the age of 25?
[Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."]

3. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who move into your
local authority, but the local authority which holds corporate parenting
responsibility for them is elsewhere? [Please respond with either "Yes" or
"No."]

4. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who you are the
corporate parent for but live outside your local authority? [Please
respond with either "Yes" or "No."]

5. Is this exemption policy included in your local offer for care leavers
document? If so, please provide a link to the relevant document.

6. Is this exemption advertised on your website? [Please respond with
either "Yes" or "No."]

7. Is there any further information you wish to add regarding your
council's council tax exemption policy for care leavers?

We kindly request that you provide the requested information within the
statutory 20 working days as prescribed by the Freedom of Information Act
2000. If for any reason you are unable to provide the information
requested, please specify the grounds for refusal as stipulated by the
Act.

We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and thank you in
advance for your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

The Children's Society

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