Department for Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 9 March 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 November 2014 (HL2301), whether they will now publish the detailed terms of reference for the review of the impact of abolishing Council Tax Benefit.
The Department is currently working with the Council Tax Partnership Forum and local authorities to identify appropriate and proportionate data for the independent three-year review of the local council tax support policy.
The timetable, coverage, process for data collection and detailed terms of reference for the review will be agreed and published in due course.
Spending on council tax benefit doubled under the last government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year – equivalent to almost £180 per year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit left by the last Administration.
Our reforms to localise council tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote local enterprise and get people into work. We are ending the last Administration’s “something for nothing” cultures and making work pay.
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