Decision details

(a)       That the endorsements of Corporate Resources Overview & Scrutiny Committee on the 17 January and Cabinet on the 22 January 2013 with regard to the Prescribed Regulations and the Discretions for 2013/14 be noted;            

(b)       That the making of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations, (“the Prescribed Requirement Regulations”) by the National Assembly for Wales on the 19 December 2012 be noted;

(c)        That the outcome of the consultation exercise undertaken by the Council on the introduction of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme, as set out at Appendix 2 of the report be noted;

(d)       That the written statement by the Minister for Local Government and Communities on the 17 January 2013 which sets out the intention to increase the maximum level of support from the current 90% to 100%, as shown at Appendix 1 of the report, be noted;

(e)       That the Prescribed Requirement Scheme as set out at Appendix 2 of the report be adopted, subject to any changes in prescribed limits set by Welsh Government and the consequential detail; and

(f)        That the proposed Discretionary Elements as set out at Appendix 2 of the report be adopted for 2013/14.