Council Tax Energy Rebate

Under the main scheme, a rebate payment of £150 was available to households in Council Tax bands A-D. The Council, and Anglia Revenues Partnership, has already administered this to households in Fenland.

Discretionary Scheme

Automatic payments and how they will be paid:

You will be eligible for a payment if you meet any of the following criteria:

• You live in a property in Council Tax bands A to D (or E in disabled band reduction scheme) and you are in receipt of Local Council Tax Support you will receive a further £20 Council Tax rebate payment.

Direct Debit payers should expect to receive a payment by 25 July 2022.

Non Direct Debit payers who completed a £150 main scheme application and received a payment into their bank account should expect to receive a payment into the same bank account by 25 July 2022.

Non Direct Debit payers who did not complete an application or whose bank details were not successfully verified and the £150 main scheme payment was applied to their Council Tax account should expect to have the additional £20 applied to their Council Tax account by 22 July 2022.

• You live in a property in Council Tax bands E to H and you are in receipt of Local Council Tax Support you will receive a £170 energy rebate payment detailed below:

- £150 payment for households in bands E to H in receipt of Local Council Tax Support.

- £20 additional payment for households in bands A to H in receipt of Local Council Tax Support.

Direct Debit payers should expect to receive a payment by 25 July 2022.

Non Direct Debit payers will need to complete a secure online form (see details below) and should expect to receive a payment into their account or have the payment applied to their Council Tax account by 10 August 2022.

• You live in a property in council tax bands E to H and are exempt from council tax under Class U (Severely mentally impaired) you will receive a £150 energy rebate payment.

Direct debit payers should expect to receive a payment by 25 July 2022.

Non direct debit payers will need to complete a secure online form (see details below) and should expect to receive a payment into their account or have the payment applied to their Council Tax account by 10 August 2022.

• You live in a property in Council Tax bands F to H and you are a liable Council Tax payer who qualifies for the disabled band reduction you will receive a £150 energy rebate payment. PLEASE NOTE: anyone living in a band E property who qualifies for the disabled band reduction would have received a payment under the Main Scheme.

Direct Debit payers should expect to receive a payment by 25 July 2022.

Non Direct Debit payers will need to complete a secure online form (see details below) and should expect to receive a payment into their account or have the payment applied to their council tax account by 10 August 2022.

Non-Direct Debit payers bands E to H who meet the criteria above:

You will be sent a letter inviting you to complete a secure online form with your bank details so that we can make a payment to you, alternatively if you do not want to complete a form the payment will be applied to your Council Tax account.

To complete the claim form, you will need to:

• Quote your Council Tax reference
• Verify that you are the first named person on your Council Tax bill or this letter at the property linked to your account reference

Please note that where bank account details are supplied we are required to carry out mandatory pre-payment checks using a secure application supplied by the Cabinet Office.

If your bank details do not pass the above pre-payment checks the payment will be applied to your Council Tax account. If your account goes into credit we will contact you to apply for a refund.

PLEASE NOTE: the closing date to complete the form is 23:59pm 31 July 2022

Application - digital support

If you need support to complete the online form, and do not have anyone to help you, please call the Anglia Revenues Partnership's dedicated helpline on 01842 756456 and one of their advisors will compete it with you.

If you are worried this letter may be fraudulent or for further information on the rebate scheme please visit www.angliarevenues.gov.uk