Freedom of Information Act request dated 31 March 2026
This FOIA Request relates to the £150 energy bill support payments (sometimes called a ‘Council Tax Rebate’) issued to Council Tax Band A-D households in your area as at 1 April 2022. Further information is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-council-tax-rebate-2022-23-billing-authority-guidance/support-for-energy-bills-the-council-tax-rebate-2022-23-billing-authority-guidance
On 2 September 2022, the Department For Levelling Up, Housing & Communities reminded local authorities in England to place any unclaimed “core” £150 payments onto Council Tax accounts for eligible households. This allowed for payment after the “core” scheme closed. See the section titled “crediting council tax accounts” here: https://web.archive.org/web/20221116231926/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1102995/220902_final_ct_rebate_ctil-_next_steps_for_sept_2022_update.pdf
The questions below only relate to the “core/main” £150 scheme. No information is required concerning the separate “discretionary” schemes.
Question 1 - For properties where you are the local Council, how many properties have an unclaimed “core” £150 on their Council Tax account?
Question 2 - How many of the properties in “1)” had at least one individual in council tax exemption class n as at 1 April 2022?
Question 3 - For properties where you are the local Council, how many are recorded as a Home In Multiple Occupation (HMO) for planning purposes but not for Council Tax purposes?
Question 4 - How many of these properties in “3)” have an unclaimed “core” £150 on their Council Tax account and had at least one individual in Council Tax exemption class n as at 1 April 2022?
Question 5 - What decision(s) has the Council made regarding distribution of these unclaimed “core” £150 payments to the eligible 1 April 2022 occupants?
Please provide this information above as at 31 March 2026 by return email.
Re-use requests for above
I request that you apply an Open Government Licence stated here https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ to the re-use of all of the information you have disclosed, or will disclose to me, relating to the above FOIA request.
Failing that, please can you apply the above open government licence to the re-use of the numerical answers you will provide.
The purpose for the request is a research project on unpaid £150 energy bill support payments from the core scheme.
