Fairer Council Tax: consultation analysis

Analysis - Question 5: Should the Council Tax Reduction scheme be expanded to protect those on lower incomes from any increases to higher band properties?

Quantitative analysis

• There were 14,591 responses to this question (1,313 from Bands A-D and 13,278 from Bands E-H).
• Out of all responses, 50% of respondents agreed that the Council Tax Reduction scheme should be expanded to protect those on lower incomes, 38% did not think that the scheme should be expanded in this case and 12% did not know.
• A greater proportion of respondents in bands A-D (56%) answered “Yes” compared to respondents in Bands E-H (50%).
• A greater proportion of organisational respondents (78%) answered “Yes” compared to individual respondents (50%).
• A greater proportion of respondents who supported a proposed tax increase answered “Yes” (69%) compared to respondents who disagreed with a proposed tax increase (49%).
• Out of 15 councils responding the consultation, 87% (13 councils) agreed with the proposition. Out of the remaining councils, 7% (1 council) responded “Don’t know” and 7% (1 council) did not answer the question.