BFOI-016167 - Council's Council Tax Reduction Scheme
Information on changes to Breckland District Council's Council Tax Reduction scheme for 2026/27 and treatment of Universal Credit transitional element.
Request
I am updating our records to take account of any changes to the council tax reduction/support scheme in Breckland from April 2026.
- If you have made any changes for 2026/27 compared to the scheme you operated in 2025/26, please could you identify those changes. Please indicate if any of the thresholds or the method of calculation of income used in your income-band/income-grid scheme have changed.
- Will the transitional element of universal credit be disregarded when assessing income for CTR/CTS purposes? (Our records indicate that for 2025/26 you effectively disregarded UC transitional element by including the UC transitional element as part of the CTR applicable amount.)
Response
Please see attached updated scheme. Changes are highlighted. Please also see summary document of the changes.
No changes made to thresholds or calculations of income other than the usual changes because of DWP benefit uprating.
The transitional element of Universal Credit will be included within customers' CTR applicable amount. As you reference in your email this is the same approach to this element as was applied during 2025/26 resulting in the effective disregard of the UC transitional element.
Attachments were provided as part of the response and can be provided upon request:
1. Breckland CTRS 26-27 Summary Amendments
2. Breckland CTRS 26-27 Draft
