Pension Age Scheme

Pension Age Scheme criteria

The government tells us how we must work out the discount for people of pensionable age. This is different to working age people. You can check your state Pension age on GOV.UK  The maximum amount of help you can receive is 100% discount off your Council Tax bill.

Second Adult Rebate

We calculate this based on the circumstances of the other adults who live with you. You can claim Second Adult Rebate if you are of pension age and the only person who has to pay Council Tax for your home and you have other adults, such as older children, living with you. This help is only available to pensioners. The amount of help you can get depends on the financial circumstances of other adults who live with you. This could be a friend or relative who works part-time, is on benefits or retired.

Apply for Council Tax Support

To apply, complete the Council Tax support form.

What you need to apply

When you make a claim you may need to provide documents as proof of:

• your identity and national insurance number
• any savings and investments you have
• the earnings, benefits, pensions or any other income you receive
• your rent and tenancy, if you are claiming housing benefit.

You will be told when you complete the form what evidence you will need to supply. You can attach your proof to the application form or supply it at a later date by completing form Benefits Evidence Request Form and attaching your documents. This must be within one month of you submitting your application.

You can submit the following types of evidence:

• Image files – format GIF, JPG, TIF, PNG or BMP (maximum file size is 5000MB).
• PDF files – you can upload PDF copies of evidence (maximum file size 5000MB).
• The form does not support the upload of other file types such as DOC/DOCX (Microsoft Word) or xlx/xlsx (Microsoft Excel). If you want to submit evidence in this file type, you must save it first as a PDF document. This can be done by clicking ‘Save As’ in the file menu in Microsoft Word or Excel and selecting ‘PDF’ from the ‘Save As type’ dropdown menu. You can then attach the PDF document to the form.