Cost of Living Award payment

It was a payment of £150 and was paid to eligible households where on 14^th February, 2022 their household circumstances were as follows:

•  Anyone in receipt of Council Tax Reduction (CTR) (limited to one payment per dwelling);
• Those liable and living in a Council Tax Band A-D dwelling and not receiving Council Tax Reduction;
• Certain categories of person living in a property exempt from Council Tax where:
  • all the occupants are under 18;
  • all the occupants are care leavers;
  • all the occupants are severely mentally impaired;
  • the property is unoccupied because the resident has gone to someone else's home to provide care or the resident receives care elsewhere.
  • You were accessing Housing Support Service and/or living in temporary accommodation or a refuge.

Payment

Those in receipt of Council Tax Reduction or living in Band A-D properties (where none of the 5 categories of exemption apply) were paid their £150 payment direct to their Council Tax account for the year 2022/23.

Those with no Council Tax liability and who fit into one of the 5 categories of exemption were invited to apply for the payment so that payment could be made direct to their bank account.