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RESOLVED: that
Cabinet:
a) Noted the contents of the
report
b) Approved the proposed LCTRS
for 2024-2025 as outlined in the report
c) Recommended to Council a no
change LCTRS for 2024-2025
 
REASONS RESOLVED:
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To enable a Council Tax Reduction Scheme to be
agreed for West Northants Council for the financial year 2024-25 to
be in place by 31 January 2024.
 
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:
1 As of June 2022, the total
number of people in receipt of LCTRS was 19,294, 11,531 of which
are of working age. As of September 2023, the total number of
people in receipt of LCTRS is 18,584 with 10,8991 being of working
age. The estimated cost of the scheme for 2023-2024 is
£19.8m.
 
Council Tax collection rate for
West Northants for 2022-2023 is 96.97% which is an improvement on
2021-2022 collection rate of 96.48%. It also compares well to the
national average collection rate of 96.02% and a national average
for unitary councils of 96.20%. We continue to monitor the
collection rates each month and as of September 2023 the profiled
collection rates are 56.92% against a target of 57.74%.