Households in the north-east can receive aid to help cover the cost of rising energy bills in the form of a rebate of £ 150. Chancellor Rishi Runak announced the measure as part of a spring statement.
According to the councils in the region, payments for it have already started and they have issued guidelines to residents on when to expect them.
Some have also revealed details of a discretionary scheme that will increase the figure from £ 150 to as much as £ 175 for those who qualify for it.
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To be eligible for an initial payment of £ 150, you must meet the following criteria.
* Your property is in tax group A to D (or group E when there is a reduction of the group for deactivated)
* You are obliged to pay municipal tax
* The property is your only and main home on April 1, 2022
* You do not currently pay Soviet tax because you receive maximum tax support and you do not have Soviet tax to pay
* The property is in exemption classes N, S, U or W. N – properties occupied only by a student; S – employed only by persons under eighteen years of age; U – employed only by persons with severe mental disabilities; W – application occupied by a dependent relative
With regard to the payment of £ 150, this is the information provided by the seven local authorities in the Northeast for those who qualify to receive it.
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The Newcastle City Council said …
If you pay by direct debit . Your payment will be made to your bank account once the first municipal tax payment has been received and cleared. We expect direct debit payers who pay between April 1 and 11 to receive their payments between mid and late April. Those who pay after that date will receive £ 150 within three weeks of paying the municipal tax.
Iif you do not pay by direct debit. We will write to any eligible household that does not pay by direct debit, inviting them to apply. These letters will be sent for a period of weeks, starting in late April and throughout May.
You can pay your municipal tax by direct debit by filling out a short form. However, depending on the date of your first payment, you may still be invited to apply for £ 150. If you do not have a bank account, you will be able to ask us to make a payment to your tax account to reduce your balance.
The Newcastle City Council also has a “discretionary scheme.” It explained. We also received some funds for vulnerable households and low-income households living in properties in municipal tax groups E to H. We decided to distribute this funding as follows.
For those households that receive tax support from the Council (April 1, 2022) and live in properties in municipal tax groups A to D, we will automatically award an additional £ 18 of discretionary fund, which will increase the total payments received to £ 168
For households receiving tax assistance from the Council (on 1 April 2022) living in tax groups E to H, we will award a prize of £ 168. This payment will be received in the same way as the basic scheme, either directly in your bank account if you pay municipal tax by direct debit, or through the application process if you do not. The discretionary payments will not be paid at the same time as £ 150.
The discretionary payments will be paid from May 2022. Energy maintenance payment information here.
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The Gateshead Council said …
For eligible residents who pay by direct debit and have recently received and cleared a payment, we expect payment to be made by the end of April 2022. This will be paid directly into the account we use to collect your payments.
If you have recently set up a direct debit once your payment has been received and cleared, we will request that the payment be made within three weeks. However, depending on the date of your first direct debit payment, we may invite you to apply online for the £ 150 energy discount.
If you do not pay by direct debit. We will send a letter to any taxpayer on the Council who qualifies and does not pay by direct debit, inviting them to apply online. These letters will be sent to the Council’s taxpayers from the end of April and throughout May.
The Gateshead Council also said that there will be additional funding here to support households that do not meet the requirements of the basic scheme. We are currently working on our scheme.
Once the eligibility criteria have been established, we will update this web page with details of who can qualify and how to apply. Information on paying for energy support here.
Sunderland City Council
Direct debit payers. For those who have recently been paid by direct debit and continue to reside in their property on April 1, 2022, the payment will be made directly to your bank account during the period from 11 to 29 April 2022 (deadlines are subject to any additional checks that may be required). For example, a discrepancy between the name of the taxpayer and the bank account holder may require additional checks and may delay the payment of the discount.
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For those who have recently created a new direct debit for the current financial year, they will need to make additional checks before payment. These checks will include waiting for the first direct debit payment to be collected before making a payment. Therefore, payments will start in the week starting April 25, 2022.
Payers without direct debit. The Council aims to open the application process on 13 April 2022 (please check the website for updates). The Council will have to confirm the requests before payments can be made.
The council said bank account payments have begun and in the first block of payments, more than 71,000 residents of households who pay their municipal tax by direct debit will receive their payment before Easter weekend.
Residents who have recently become direct debit payers will start receiving their payments in the week starting April 25, provided their bank details are confirmed.
Sunderland City Council will also have a discretionary scheme for non-eligible residents to qualify for the basic scheme – the details of the discretionary scheme will be confirmed in due course (please check the website for details).
The Northumberland Council Council stated …
If you pay municipal tax by direct debit, we will use this information to pay £ 150 directly into your bank account. Our goal is to make payments by the beginning of May 2022.
If we do not have your bank account details, there will be an online form that you can use to provide us with your bank details. We will write to you when this is ready. We are developing other options for those who cannot commit to our online process or who do not use a bank account regularly.
We will share this information when we have it. When we can’t find another way to pay someone £ 150, for which he qualifies, we will deduct them from his municipal tax bill in September. Information on paying for energy support here.
Durham County Council said …
If you meet the conditions and pay your municipal tax by direct debit, you will receive payment in your bank account. We strive to make payments between Friday, April 22 and Friday, May 13. If you have recently switched to direct debit, your payment will be made within two weeks of your first successful payment.
Anyone who does not pay by direct debit will receive a letter by mid-May detailing how to apply for the discount to be paid into your bank account. Alternative payment methods will be available, but it will take longer to receive these payments.
We also received some funds for vulnerable households and low-income households, including those in municipal tax groups E to H. We decided to distribute this funding as follows.
For those households that receive a full Council tax reduction (on 1 April 2022):
* living in municipal tax groups A to D, we will automatically award an additional £ 25 at the discretionary fund, which will increase total payments to £ 175
* living in municipal tax groups from E to H, we will make a prize of £ 150
* living in municipal tax groups from E to H, we will make a prize of £ 175
Payments under the discretionary scheme will be made in the same way as the basic scheme, either automatically in your bank account if you pay municipal tax by direct debit, or through an application process if you do not.
Discretionary payments will not be paid at the same time as the basic municipal tax rebate scheme of £ 150, and payments will start in mid-May 2022. Energy maintenance payment information here.
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The North Tyneside Council said …
We are dealing with around 94,000 properties from Group A to D within North Tyneside, so this is a significant challenge and the central government is proposing that these payments be made by 30 September 2022.
We will do our utmost to make these payments as soon as possible and strive to make the first payments in May 2022 for those who have paid their first direct tax payment to the Council.
If we do not have your bank account details, we will invite you to apply online and you can use this to provide us with your bank details. We will write to you when it is ready to apply for an invitation.
We are developing other options for those who do not use a bank account regularly. We will share this information on this web page when it is ready.
In some cases we can deduct £ 150 from the municipal tax bill, we will advise you when we can do this when we invite you to ask. Payments to the Council’s tax accounts are likely to be processed in September.
The government provided a grant to the body to award prizes in excess of £ 150. We are currently working on what a discretionary circuit might look like, so more information …
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