Issue - meetings

That the Committee approves the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy attached at Appendix I.

The Interim Head of Revenues and Benefits presented the report and outlined the key features of the Council Tax Exception Hardship Policy, which included:

·  There would be a sum of £25,000 per year available for Exceptional Hardship payments;

·  The policy set the definition of who would be considered as eligible for an Exceptional Hardship payment;

·  The administration of the Exceptional Hardship Award was at the total discretion of the council, however there was an appeals process set out in legislation and detailed in the policy.

RESOLVED: That the Committee approves the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Policy attached at Appendix I.