Council tax rebate status 2022
Dear Carmarthenshire County 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
Diolch am eich gohebiaeth.
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rai o wasanaethau'r Cyngor, gall fod angen i flaenoriaethu ceisiadau DRhG
a RhGA, yn dibynnu ar y wybodaeth y gofynnir amdani. Ymddiheurwn am hyn.
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ôl derbyn y cais.
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cysylltu â chi mor gynted ag y bo modd.
Tîm Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Dear Ms. Tuson,
I refer to your request for information, which was received on 27th May,
2022 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The specific information you requested was as follows:
*We are assuming your request refers to the Cost of Living Rebate so
responses below are for that*
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
1) a=8713 / b=23524 / c=17976 / d=14214 (these figures are from the
31/10/21 official census)
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.
The bandings are only relevant to identify the likely recipients. Once the
recipients are extracted the bandings are no longer relevant for
processing payments and are not recorded.
As of 13/6/2022 there were 8196 unclaimed payments across all bands
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.
A - 2196
B - 9982
C - 10789
D - 9809
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.
All as point 3
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
30th September 2022
Yours sincerely
Julie John
Information Governance Officer/Swyddog Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth
ICT & Corporate Property/ TG a Pholisi Corfforaethol
Chief Executive’s Department/Adran Y Prif Weithredwr
Carmarthenshire County Council/Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin
Allanol/External (01267) 224498
Mewnol/Internal: 4498
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