Council Tax Exemption Policy for Care Leavers
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
I hope this letter finds you well. I am resending an earlier submitted FOI with the understanding that a named contact may be required, so would like to provide Talulah Kingston as this contact.
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,
Talulah Kingston on behalf of The Children's Society
Thank you for your email. We will aim to contact you within 3 working
days. In the meantime, further information is provided within the Make a
Freedom of Information request in Knowsley Council section of our website.
Kind regards Customer Liaison Team
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Dear Ms Kingston,
Thank you for your email received on 13 September 2023 requesting information about Council Tax Exemption Policy for Care Leavers.
Please note you can now log a Freedom of Information request on our online portal on the following link.
https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/your-council...
I have recorded your request for information under reference F2023.09.6935.
This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 10 October 2023.
In line with guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the council may make a charge for the provision of information – for example in order to cover the costs of postage (in line with the relevant postal charges) or charges for printing and copying (which will reflect photocopying charges levied by the council’s public libraries) or if this falls within the regulations of an EIR (Environmental Information).
You will be informed if a fee is to be applied before information is to be provided.
If you need further information please contact me
Kind regards,
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Could I have an update on the status of this FOI request please?
Yours faithfully,
Talulah Kingston
The Children's Society
Thank you for your email. We will aim to contact you within 3 working
days. In the meantime, further information is provided within the Make a
Freedom of Information request in Knowsley Council section of our website.
Kind regards Customer Liaison Team
This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. It may contain
privileged information and is intended for the named recipient(s) only. It
must not be distributed without consent. If you are not one of the
intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately and do not
disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it and do not
take any action based on it.
Unless expressly stated, opinions in this email are those of the
individual sender, and not of Knowsley MBC. Legally binding obligations
can only be created for, or be entered into on behalf of, Knowsley MBC by
duly authorised officers or representatives.
Knowsley MBC excludes any liability whatsoever for any offence caused, any
direct or consequential loss arising from the use, or reliance on, this
e-mail or its contents. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail and
any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full
responsibility for virus checking and no responsibility is accepted for
loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after
it was sent. Knowsley MBC reserves the right to monitor and/or record all
e-mail communications through its network in accordance with relevant
legislation.
Your FOI request has been completed
Dear Taulah Kingston
Your FOI with Reference Number : 6935 has been completed please click on the link
below to view it
[1]https://knowsleytransaction.mendixcloud....
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Merseyside
L36 9UX
[2]www.knowsley.gov.uk
This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. It may contain
privileged information and is intended for the named recipient(s) only. It
must not be distributed without consent. If you are not one of the
intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately and do not
disclose, distribute, or retain this email or any part of it and do not
take any action based on it.
Unless expressly stated, opinions in this email are those of the
individual sender, and not of Knowsley MBC. Legally binding obligations
can only be created for, or be entered into on behalf of, Knowsley MBC by
duly authorised officers or representatives.
Knowsley MBC excludes any liability whatsoever for any offence caused, any
direct or consequential loss arising from the use, or reliance on, this
e-mail or its contents. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail and
any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full
responsibility for virus checking and no responsibility is accepted for
loss or damage arising from viruses or changes made to this message after
it was sent. Knowsley MBC reserves the right to monitor and/or record all
e-mail communications through its network in accordance with relevant
legislation.
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