Care Leavers and Council Tax
Case reference FOI2023/00490
Published 14 November 2023
Request
Thank you for your response. Whilst we understand Oxford City Council is not responsible for Children's Services, Oxford City Council is responsible for collecting council tax for Local Authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners, the Fire Authority and Parish Councils where applicable. You are also responsible for setting the rate applied by Oxford City Council. We are therefore requesting that you provide the information to the following questions on the proportion of council tax collected by and for Oxford City Council: 1. Do you have a council tax exemption policy in place for care leavers? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."] If you answered "Yes" to Question 1, please provide the following information: 2. Is this exemption provided for care leavers up to the age of 25? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."] 3. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who move into your local authority, but the local authority which holds corporate parenting responsibility for them is elsewhere? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."] 4. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who you are the corporate parent for but live outside your local authority? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."] 5. Is this exemption policy included in your local offer for care leavers document? If so, please provide a link to the relevant document. 6. Is this exemption advertised on your website? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."] 7. Is there any further information you wish to add regarding your council's council tax exemption policy for care leavers? I look forward to your response,
Response
Whilst we understand Oxford City Council is not responsible for Children's Services, Oxford City
Council is responsible for collecting council tax for Local Authorities, Police and Crime
Commissioners, the Fire Authority and Parish Councils where applicable. You are also responsible
for setting the rate applied by Oxford City Council.
We are therefore requesting that you provide the information to the following questions on the
proportion of council tax collected by and for Oxford City Council:
1. Do you have a council tax exemption policy in place for care leavers? [Please respond with
either "Yes" or "No."]
Yes-in cases when they are sponsored by Oxfordshire County Council.
If you answered "Yes" to Question 1, please provide the following information:
2. Is this exemption provided for care leavers up to the age of 25? [Please respond with either
"Yes" or "No."]
Yes.
3. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who move into your local authority, but the
local authority which holds corporate parenting responsibility for them is elsewhere? [Please
respond with either "Yes" or "No."]
No.
4. Is your exemption policy inclusive of care leavers who you are the corporate parent for but live
outside your local authority? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."]
No.
5. Is this exemption policy included in your local offer for care leavers document? If so, please
provide a link to the relevant document.
No-this is a County Council function and we are a District Council.
6. Is this exemption advertised on your website? [Please respond with either "Yes" or "No."]
No.
7. Is there any further information you wish to add regarding your council's council tax exemption
policy for care leavers?
No further details required.
Documents
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