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RESOLVED: That Council adopted the policy at Appendix
B.
 
REASONS FOR
DECISION:
 

(1)  
The Housing Benefit Regulations make provision for the first
£10 of a war disablement or war widow’s pension to be
disregarded when calculating an applicant’s income relating
to an application for housing benefit. The cost of this disregard
is fully reimbursed to the Council by government.
 

(2)  
The legislation also allows the Council to disregard any other part
of these pensions and this Council has wholly disregarded the
payments for a number of years when calculating housing benefit or
council tax reduction entitlement.
 

(3)  
The Council’s council tax reduction scheme is aligned to
housing benefit regulations and disregards war disablement or war
widow pension.