Council tax rebate status 2022
Dear Argyll and Bute Council,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation:
1) Could you please provide a count of how many households in your council area fall into each of the following council tax bands: A, B, C & D
2) Could you please provide a count by council tax band of A, B, C & D how many of them have been repaid the council tax rebate which has been confirmed by the chancellor.
3) Could you please provide a count of how many households in your council area fall into each of the following council tax bands: A, B, C & D and pay their tax via direct debit.
4) Could you please provide a count by council tax band of A, B, C & D how many of them have which pay by direct debit have been repaid the council tax rebate which has been confirmed by the chancellor.
5) Can you please confirm what the deadline is for those houses in band A, B, C & D to have their council tax rebate returned by. Could you also provide
My preferred format for this data is excel or CSV format.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Carolyn Tuson
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Dear Carolyn Tuson
Request for information: Council Tax Rebate Status 2022
Thank you for your information request which we have logged as reference
argyllbuteir:14236.
It has been passed to the relevant service(s) for attention and you should
receive a response under either the Freedom of Information (Scot) Act 2002
or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 by 2022-06-27
00:00:00. We hope to respond within this timescale but, due to the
staffing/capacity issues with COVID-19, some requests may take little
longer.
Please quote the reference number above in any correspondence you may have
with the Council in regard to this request.
Regards
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Dear Ms Tuson
Request for information: Council Tax Rebate Status 2022
Reference: argyllbuteir:14236.
I refer to your request for information which was dealt with in terms of
the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA).
I assume you are referring to the Cost of Living Award announced as part
of the 2022-23 Scottish Budget announcement on 10 February 2022. This Cost
of Living Award is for £150 and will be provided to either:
• A person who lives in a dwelling in any Council Tax valuation
band, is liable for Council Tax and is in receipt of Council Tax Reduction
(CTR);
• A person who lives in and is liable for council tax for a council
tax Band A-D dwelling and does not receive Council Tax Reduction;
• Certain categories of person living in a property exempt from
Council Tax.
Also the Cost of Living Award was not "repaid", but instead credited to
people’s Council Tax accounts which is what the figures show on the
attached spread sheet in fulfilment of your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which your request for information
has been dealt with you are entitled to request a review by writing to the
Executive Director Customer Services, Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory,
Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8RT, or by email to [1][Argyll and Bute Council request email].
Your request for review must state your name and address for
correspondence, specify the request for information to which your request
for review relates and why you are dissatisfied with the response.
You must make your request for review not later than 40 working days after
the expiry of the 20 working day period for response to your initial
request by the Council, or not later than 40 working days after the
receipt by you of the information provided, any fees notice issued or any
notification of refusal or partial refusal.
If you make an application for review and remain dissatisfied with the way
in which the review has been dealt with you are entitled to make an
application to the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle,
Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS (Tel: 01334 464610) for a
further review. You can now do this online here -
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal.
You must make representation to the Scottish Information Commissioner no
later than 6 months after the date of receipt by you of the notice or
decision you are dissatisfied with or within 6 months of the expiry of the
period of 20 working days from receipt by the Council of your request for
review.
Yours sincerely
David Sinclair
Compliance and Regulatory Assistant
Legal and Regulatory Services
01546 604352
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