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Is your post COVID-19 Council Tax Support Scheme sustainable?

Janet Harkin

Janet Harkin Published on 03rd June 2020

Use data analysis to:

  1. Identify household in receipt of council tax support that have fallen into arrears
  2. Filter down further to focus on vulnerable groups such as single private renters, people under 35
  3. Proactively contact them to offer benefit support in order to bring down arrears and see what other support they may need to get through the pandemic

The £500 million Hardship Fund allows councils to give extra support to help people affected by Coronavirus. Councils are expected to use this welcome funding to reduce the council tax bills of working-age people who are already receiving council tax support, by £150 in 2020/21.

In this webinar, Zoe Charlesworth presented new nationwide analysis on the Hardship Fund allocations and discussed what this means for collection rates. Megan Mclean explored what this means for those who become newly unemployed, as well as CTR support schemes. Finally, Deven Ghelani looked at what councils can do now to proactively support people.

Listen back to hear:

  • How the Hardship Fund and council tax collection rates interact
  • What the future looks like, and how you can plan for future vulnerability
  • How to identify the most vulnerable households in your area so you can target additional support

Register now for our next webinar titled How data analytics helps councils look to recovery on Wednesday June 17 at 10:30 here.

If the date of this webinar has passed you can view our webinars on demand here.View slides (no audio) here

Hardship Fund allocation pre and post Covid-19 impacts

We have analysed the allocation of the Hardship Fund under the assumption that councils initially allocate funding in the manner set out by MHCLG. The table below shows the amount of funds each individual council across the country will be able to retain for their own discretionary allocation.

Local AuthorityBased on pre COVID-19 caseloadBased on post COVID-19 caseload
HF AllocationHF initial costAmount remainingProportion remainingAmount remaining after OBR prediction of increased unemployment in 2020/21Proportion remaining
Adur£453,179£99,914£353,26578%£261,34458%
Allerdale£910,462£201,211£709,25178%£524,13758%
Amber Valley£1,033,585£639,892£393,69338%-£195,0070%
Arun£945,239£226,496£718,74376%£510,36654%
Ashfield£1,383,514£359,583£1,023,93174%£693,11450%
Ashford£968,568£666,062£302,50631%-£310,2710%
Babergh£467,436£210,368£257,06855%£63,52914%
Barking and Dagenham£2,214,270£1,537,650£676,62031%-£738,0180%
Barnet£4,132,829£2,869,950£1,262,87931%-£1,377,4750%
Barnsley£2,646,497£1,837,800£808,69731%-£882,0790%
Barrow-in-Furness£798,140£206,699£591,44174%£401,27750%
Basildon£1,648,768£357,745£1,291,02378%£961,89758%
Basingstoke and Deane£1,019,761£270,592£749,16973%£500,22549%
Bassetlaw£906,790£559,703£347,08738%-£167,8390%
Bath and North East Somerset UA£1,288,040£658,130£629,91049%£24,4312%
Bedford UA£1,438,595£341,910£1,096,68576%£782,12854%
Bexley£1,850,733£1,285,200£565,53331%-£616,8510%
Birmingham£17,382,811£9,437,607£7,945,20446%-£737,3940%
Blaby£415,378£230,167£185,21145%-£26,5430%
Blackburn with Darwen UA£2,194,182£1,523,700£670,48231%-£731,3220%
Blackpool UA£2,803,101£1,946,550£856,55131%-£934,2750%
Bolsover£779,779£498,959£280,82036%-£178,2230%
Bolton£3,454,789£2,399,100£1,055,68931%-£1,151,4830%
Boston£538,069£373,650£164,41931%-£179,3390%
Bournemouth UA£3,103,348£1,631,464£1,471,88447%-£29,0630%
Bracknell Forest UA£609,567£151,457£458,11075%£318,76952%
Bradford£5,852,232£4,063,950£1,788,28231%-£1,950,5520%
Braintree£891,670£619,200£272,47031%-£297,1940%
Breckland£919,967£562,110£357,85739%-£159,2840%
Brent£3,948,577£1,013,665£2,934,91257%£2,002,34151%
Brentwood£345,609£93,930£251,67973%£165,26348%
Brighton and Hove UA£2,329,833£1,617,900£711,93331%-£776,5350%
Bristol, City of UA£5,005,923£1,161,333£3,844,59077%£2,776,16355%
Broadland£637,216£442,500£194,71631%-£212,3840%
Bromley£1,841,229£1,278,600£562,62931%-£613,6830%
Bromsgrove£460,955£320,100£140,85531%-£153,6370%
Broxbourne£735,930£511,050£224,88031%-£245,2860%
Broxtowe£816,716£216,034£600,68274%£401,93049%
Buckinghamshire£2,813,901£1,463,798£1,350,10348%£3,4090%
Burnley£1,475,316£802,290£673,02646%-£65,0800%
Bury£1,888,102£1,311,150£576,95231%-£629,3060%
Calderdale£2,169,989£1,506,900£663,08931%-£723,2590%
Cambridge£920,831£177,904£742,92781%£579,25463%
Camden£3,119,765£2,371,021£748,74476%-£1,432,5960%
Canterbury£710,225£150,999£559,22679%£420,30759%
Carlisle£1,082,619£269,415£813,20475%£565,34252%
Castle Point£989,736£687,300£302,43631%-£329,8800%
Central Bedfordshire UA£439,787£305,400£134,38731%-£146,5810%
Charnwood£1,606,215£1,115,400£490,81531%-£535,3530%
Chelmsford£978,936£679,800£299,13631%-£326,2800%
Cheltenham£866,829£214,943£651,88675%£454,13952%
Cherwell£851,709£248,350£603,35971%£374,87644%
Cheshire East UA£818,012£568,050£249,96231%-£272,6440%
Cheshire West and Chester UA£2,062,635£1,432,350£630,28531%-£687,4770%
Chesterfield£2,423,580£1,472,550£951,03039%-£403,7150%
Chichester£1,191,269£268,539£922,73077%£675,67457%
Chiltern£699,209£485,550£213,65931%-£233,0470%
Chorley£855,381£213,816£641,56575%£444,85452%
City of London£33,265£8,462£24,80375%£17,01851%
Colchester£1,151,524£799,650£351,87431%-£383,8040%
Copeland£769,411£182,876£586,53576%£418,28954%
Corby£534,829£331,525£203,30438%-£101,6990%
Cornwall UA£4,756,869£3,303,300£1,453,56931%-£1,585,4670%
Cotswold£389,458£234,848£154,61040%-£61,4500%
Coventry£3,731,924£2,591,550£1,140,37431%-£1,243,8520%
Craven£267,199£180,044£87,15533%-£78,4860%
Crawley£988,656£259,160£729,49674%£491,06950%
Croydon£4,387,932£2,676,639£1,711,29361%-£751,2140%
Dacorum£1,062,098£561,806£500,29247%-£16,5700%
Darlington UA£1,305,968£906,900£399,06831%-£435,2800%
Dartford£897,286£291,195£606,09168%£338,19238%
Daventry£394,210£273,750£120,46031%-£131,3900%
Derby UA£2,187,702£1,519,200£668,50231%-£729,1620%
Derbyshire Dales£338,264£216,105£122,15936%-£76,6570%
Doncaster£2,992,753£826,642£2,166,11172%£1,405,60147%
Dorset£2,647,793£1,484,854£1,162,93944%-£203,1260%
Dover£1,053,674£466,889£586,78556%£157,24715%
Dudley£2,989,729£1,639,420£1,350,30945%-£157,9580%
Durham UA£6,964,443£2,045,112£4,919,33171%£3,037,82844%
Ealing£3,061,443£1,806,251£1,255,19259%-£406,5600%
East Cambridgeshire£429,851£266,531£163,32038%-£81,8880%
East Devon£713,034£305,536£407,49857%£126,40618%
East Hampshire£516,901£130,984£385,91775%£265,41251%
East Hertfordshire£665,944£406,294£259,65039%-£114,1400%
East Lindsey£1,378,546£957,300£421,24631%-£459,4700%
East Northamptonshire£439,787£305,400£134,38731%-£146,5810%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA£1,942,320£1,348,800£593,52031%-£647,3760%
East Staffordshire£812,828£564,450£248,37831%-£270,9160%
East Suffolk£1,916,615£1,168,957£747,65839%-£327,7830%
Eastbourne£918,455£637,800£280,65531%-£306,1210%
Eastleigh£543,469£129,051£414,41876%£295,69054%
Eden£307,160£90,643£216,51770%£133,12443%
Elmbridge£667,672£409,923£257,74939%-£119,3800%
Enfield£5,896,729£3,007,332£2,889,39751%£122,6522%
Epping Forest£658,168£457,050£201,11831%-£219,3680%
Epsom and Ewell£344,096£238,950£105,14631%-£114,6880%
Erewash£949,343£587,286£362,05738%-£178,2470%
Exeter£934,439£648,900£285,53931%-£311,4490%
Fareham£423,370£226,930£196,44046%-£12,3350%
Fenland£907,222£630,000£277,22231%-£302,3780%
Forest Heath£1,132,732£476,088£656,64458%£218,64419%
Forest of Dean£638,728£191,793£446,93570%£270,48542%
Fylde£586,022£328,824£257,19844%-£45,3200%
Gateshead£2,672,418£1,752,294£920,12434%-£691,9870%
Gedling£873,093£257,295£615,79871%£379,08743%
Gloucester£1,145,476£280,390£865,08676%£607,12753%
Gosport£565,286£392,550£172,73631%-£188,4100%
Gravesham£893,182£482,914£410,26846%-£34,0130%
Great Yarmouth£1,305,536£803,668£501,86838%-£237,5070%
Greenwich£3,188,238£719,058£2,469,18077%£1,807,64657%
Guildford£469,380£136,261£333,11971%£207,75944%
Hackney£4,612,361£3,202,950£1,409,41131%-£1,537,3030%
Halton UA£1,618,528£1,123,950£494,57831%-£539,4560%
Hambleton£383,193£238,819£144,37438%-£75,3390%
Hammersmith and Fulham£1,947,072£535,894£1,411,17872%£918,15547%
Harborough£298,519£207,300£91,21931%-£99,4970%
Haringey£3,663,666£2,564,566£1,099,10070%-£1,260,3010%
Harlow£933,791£648,450£285,34131%-£311,2330%
Harrogate£863,157£242,184£620,97372%£398,16446%
Harrow£1,391,506£966,300£425,20631%-£463,7900%
Hart£318,608£101,381£217,22768%£123,95739%
Hartlepool UA£1,864,342£1,294,650£569,69231%-£621,3860%
Hastings£1,281,991£426,843£855,14867%£462,45336%
Havant£1,099,899£526,949£572,95052%£88,1588%
Havering£1,807,532£1,255,200£552,33231%-£602,4520%
Herefordshire, County of UA£1,076,354£747,450£328,90431%-£358,7500%
Hertsmere£735,930£202,886£533,04472%£346,38947%
High Peak£716,058£215,475£500,58370%£302,34542%
Hillingdon£2,124,412£709,360£1,415,05267%£762,44036%
Hinckley and Bosworth£531,157£368,850£162,30731%-£177,0350%
Horsham£602,007£327,769£274,23846%-£27,3090%
Hounslow£2,610,856£796,747£1,814,10969%£1,081,10141%
Huntingdonshire£827,084£461,798£365,28644%-£59,5690%
Hyndburn£942,431£519,734£422,69745%-£55,4590%
Ipswich£1,508,581£733,381£775,20051%£100,4907%
Isle of Wight UA£1,135,756£643,905£491,85143%-£100,5410%
Islington£3,879,455£1,551,782£2,327,67340%£900,03423%
Kensington and Chelsea£1,709,466£1,350,478£358,98879%-£883,4520%
Kettering£584,294£405,750£178,54431%-£194,7460%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk£1,035,961£582,429£453,53244%-£82,3020%
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA£4,251,200£2,952,150£1,299,05031%-£1,416,9280%
Kingston upon Thames£1,132,084£344,991£787,09370%£469,70241%
Kirklees£4,956,890£2,776,960£2,179,93044%-£374,8730%
Knowsley£2,455,764£1,705,350£750,41431%-£818,5080%
Lambeth£3,095,140£1,949,938£1,145,20263%-£648,7410%
Lancaster£1,424,987£435,643£989,34469%£588,55241%
Leeds£8,921,883£4,924,724£3,997,15945%-£533,5880%
Leicester UA£3,738,404£2,596,050£1,142,35431%-£1,246,0120%
Lewes£816,500£567,000£249,50031%-£272,1400%
Lewisham£3,241,160£2,250,750£990,41031%-£1,080,2800%
Lichfield£562,910£390,900£172,01031%-£187,6180%
Lincoln£1,209,846£377,759£832,08769%£484,54840%
Liverpool£9,142,208£4,781,944£4,360,26448%-£39,1240%
Luton UA£2,100,868£940,124£1,160,74455%£295,83114%
Maidstone£1,177,877£817,950£359,92731%-£392,5870%
Maldon£337,832£234,600£103,23231%-£112,6000%
Malvern Hills£409,330£128,177£281,15369%£163,22940%
Manchester£7,458,231£5,179,200£2,279,03131%-£2,485,8330%
Mansfield£1,220,430£847,500£372,93031%-£406,7700%
Medway UA£2,056,371£1,428,000£628,37131%-£685,3890%
Melton£258,126£179,250£78,87631%-£86,0340%
Mendip£742,410£515,550£226,86031%-£247,4460%
Merton£1,483,740£541,587£942,15364%£443,89430%
Mid Devon£474,564£132,274£342,29072%£220,59946%
Mid Suffolk£435,683£206,614£229,06953%£38,9859%
Mid Sussex£695,753£216,043£479,71069%£280,95040%
Middlesbrough UA£2,832,262£1,966,800£865,46231%-£943,9940%
Milton Keynes UA£2,322,057£1,612,500£709,55731%-£773,9430%
Mole Valley£419,914£142,693£277,22166%£145,94435%
New Forest£886,486£505,208£381,27843%-£83,5140%
Newark and Sherwood£810,884£563,100£247,78431%-£270,2680%
Newcastle upon Tyne£1,035,529£397,736£637,79362%£271,87526%
Newcastle-under-Lyme£6,157,231£4,275,750£1,881,48131%-£2,052,2090%
Newham£4,268,049£2,963,850£1,304,19931%-£1,422,5430%
North Devon£692,081£200,958£491,12371%£306,24244%
North East Derbyshire£776,323£499,536£276,78736%-£182,7870%
North East Lincolnshire UA£1,655,033£951,410£703,62343%-£171,6750%
North Hertfordshire£910,246£519,513£390,73343%-£87,2180%
North Kesteven£514,957£289,311£225,64644%-£40,5200%
North Lincolnshire UA£1,170,101£812,550£357,55131%-£389,9950%
North Norfolk£723,834£458,228£265,60637%-£155,9630%
North Somerset UA£1,492,597£1,036,500£456,09731%-£497,4830%
North Tyneside£2,023,970£1,405,500£618,47031%-£674,5900%
North Warwickshire£453,395£296,665£156,73035%-£116,2030%
North West Leicestershire£545,197£378,600£166,59731%-£181,7150%
Northampton£1,861,318£1,292,550£568,76831%-£620,3780%
Northumberland UA£3,381,563£1,686,594£1,694,96950%£143,3034%
Norwich£2,036,930£677,278£1,359,65267%£736,55536%
Nottingham UA£4,022,883£2,793,600£1,229,28331%-£1,340,8290%
Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,156,924£647,309£509,61544%-£85,9100%
Oadby and Wigston£274,327£190,500£83,82731%-£91,4330%
Oldham£3,015,434£1,651,156£1,364,27845%-£154,7860%
Oxford£1,156,492£413,307£743,18564%£362,94331%
Pendle£1,029,697£593,894£435,80342%-£110,5790%
Peterborough UA£1,668,857£938,598£730,25944%-£133,2500%
Plymouth UA£2,574,999£908,141£1,666,85865%£831,36832%
Portsmouth UA£1,866,502£1,296,150£570,35231%-£622,1060%
Preston£1,795,436£969,780£825,65646%-£66,5410%
Reading UA£952,799£661,650£291,14931%-£317,5690%
Redbridge£2,023,106£1,031,784£991,32251%£42,0812%
Redcar and Cleveland UA£1,847,925£1,283,250£564,67531%-£615,9150%
Redditch£671,777£466,500£205,27731%-£223,9030%
Reigate and Banstead£754,507£523,950£230,55731%-£251,4770%
Ribble Valley£222,053£123,825£98,22844%-£15,6910%
Richmond upon Thames£1,118,691£607,836£510,85546%-£48,3540%
Richmondshire (see note 4)£245,598£139,596£106,00243%-£22,4260%
Rochdale£3,064,251£1,741,124£1,323,12743%-£278,7060%
Rochford£336,968£234,000£102,96831%-£112,3120%
Rossendale£734,634£403,120£331,51445%-£39,3570%
Rother£650,824£296,392£354,43254%£81,75013%
Rotherham£2,864,446£1,794,947£1,069,49937%-£581,8520%
Rugby£651,904£452,700£199,20431%-£217,2800%
Runnymede£337,832£234,600£103,23231%-£112,6000%
Rushcliffe£515,389£339,671£175,71834%-£136,7800%
Rushmoor£541,525£376,050£165,47531%-£180,4910%
Rutland UA£121,611£84,450£37,16131%-£40,5330%
Ryedale£333,512£211,968£121,54436%-£73,4660%
Salford£3,581,800£2,487,300£1,094,50031%-£1,193,8160%
Sandwell£4,546,912£1,482,767£3,064,14567%£1,699,99937%
Scarborough£1,243,543£863,550£379,99331%-£414,4730%
Sedgemoor£849,765£590,100£259,66531%-£283,2270%
Sefton£3,036,603£2,108,700£927,90331%-£1,012,1010%
Selby£523,813£363,750£160,06331%-£174,5870%
Sevenoaks£697,265£338,408£358,85751%£47,5227%
Sheffield£6,058,517£4,207,200£1,851,31731%-£2,019,3070%
Shropshire UA£1,540,118£880,007£660,11143%-£149,4950%
Slough UA£1,332,321£637,700£694,62152%£107,9388%
Solihull£1,571,871£1,091,550£480,32131%-£523,9050%
Somerset West and Taunton£1,382,002£385,246£996,75672%£642,32946%
South Cambridgeshire£661,192£245,470£415,72263%£189,89029%
South Derbyshire£606,111£336,787£269,32444%-£40,5200%
South Gloucestershire UA£1,115,883£774,900£340,98331%-£371,9250%
South Hams£507,828£165,550£342,27867%£189,97237%
South Holland£461,387£262,627£198,76043%-£42,8570%
South Kesteven£924,719£642,150£282,56931%-£308,2090%
South Lakeland£487,092£167,282£319,81066%£165,91034%
South Norfolk£756,235£414,252£341,98345%-£39,1300%
South Northamptonshire£283,831£178,652£105,17937%-£59,1810%
South Oxfordshire£577,166£163,177£413,98972%£263,86646%
South Ribble£707,201£179,091£528,11075%£363,34651%
South Somerset£1,155,628£802,500£353,12831%-£385,1720%
South Staffordshire£514,957£279,378£235,57946%-£21,4500%
South Tyneside£2,497,669£1,734,450£763,21931%-£832,4750%
Southampton UA£2,584,071£1,794,450£789,62131%-£861,2730%
Southend-on-Sea UA£1,661,945£1,154,100£507,84531%-£553,9270%
Southwark£3,476,389£1,251,500£2,224,88936%£1,073,50931%
Spelthorne£588,614£408,750£179,86431%-£196,1860%
St Albans£779,347£245,955£533,39268%£307,11439%
St. Helens£1,905,815£1,323,450£582,36531%-£635,2090%
Stafford£651,040£187,083£463,95771%£291,84145%
Staffordshire Moorlands£516,901£315,759£201,14239%-£89,3560%
Stevenage£779,347£484,800£294,54738%-£151,4690%
Stockport£2,462,460£668,256£1,794,20473%£1,179,40848%
Stockton-on-Tees UA£2,440,212£1,694,550£745,66231%-£813,3240%
Stoke-on-Trent UA£3,157,350£1,752,468£1,404,88245%-£207,3890%
Stratford-on-Avon£660,760£458,850£201,91031%-£220,2320%
Stroud£628,575£195,710£432,86569%£252,81340%
Sunderland£4,195,687£2,083,151£2,112,53650%£196,0375%
Surrey Heath£293,551£203,850£89,70131%-£97,8410%
Sutton£1,646,824£839,880£806,94451%£34,2542%
Swale£1,173,341£814,800£358,54131%-£391,0750%
Swindon UA£1,305,752£704,995£600,75746%-£47,8380%
Tameside£2,158,109£1,498,650£659,45931%-£719,2990%
Tamworth£565,718£392,850£172,86831%-£188,5540%
Tandridge£466,571£132,163£334,40872%£212,81846%
Teignbridge£940,055£295,781£644,27469%£372,15640%
Telford and Wrekin UA£1,820,061£785,276£1,034,78557%£312,33117%
Tendring£1,374,442£954,450£419,99231%-£458,1020%
Test Valley£573,710£283,705£290,00551%£28,9955%
Tewkesbury£532,237£118,397£413,84078%£304,91657%
Thanet£1,644,880£856,716£788,16448%-£150%
Three Rivers£497,676£128,385£369,29174%£251,17650%
Thurrock UA£1,283,936£891,600£392,33631%-£427,9360%
Tonbridge and Malling£866,829£461,274£405,55547%-£18,8160%
Torbay UA£1,610,536£1,118,400£492,13631%-£536,7920%
Torridge£419,266£291,150£128,11631%-£139,7420%
Tower Hamlets£4,382,100£3,286,575£1,095,52575%-£1,928,1240%
Trafford£1,561,070£304,564£1,256,50680%£976,30763%
Tunbridge Wells£621,879£431,850£190,02931%-£207,2730%
Uttlesford£325,304£172,128£153,17647%-£5,1830%
Vale of White Horse£618,639£306,195£312,44451%£30,7455%
Wakefield£3,405,540£2,364,900£1,040,64031%-£1,135,0680%
Walsall£3,879,239£1,966,039£1,913,20049%£104,4433%
Waltham Forest£2,053,994£1,426,350£627,64431%-£684,5980%
Wandsworth£1,987,681£1,380,300£607,38131%-£662,4950%
Warrington UA£1,589,583£592,183£997,40063%£452,59228%
Warwick£819,308£228,168£591,14072%£381,22647%
Watford£802,028£177,617£624,41178%£461,00357%
Waverley£527,485£139,422£388,06374%£259,79449%
Wealden£689,705£160,840£528,86577%£380,89255%
Wellingborough£550,382£382,200£168,18231%-£183,4420%
Welwyn Hatfield£826,436£432,649£393,78748%-£4,2490%
West Berkshire UA£548,870£288,709£260,16147%-£5,4520%
West Devon£355,977£75,600£280,37779%£210,82559%
West Lancashire£994,920£533,778£461,14246%-£29,9330%
West Lindsey£793,388£409,959£383,42948%£6,2671%
West Oxfordshire£474,564£109,882£364,68277%£263,59156%
West Suffolk£1,037,690£634,933£402,75739%-£181,3810%
Westminster (see note 6)£2,203,686£503,257£1,700,42977%£1,237,43456%
Wigan£3,509,222£1,839,144£1,670,07848%-£21,9340%
Wiltshire UA£3,222,151£1,661,310£1,560,84148%£32,4351%
Winchester£659,680£169,879£489,80174%£333,51251%
Windsor and Maidenhead UA£564,206£275,290£288,91651%£35,6506%
Wirral£3,910,992£2,005,230£1,905,76249%£60,9502%
Woking£505,452£97,637£407,81581%£317,98863%
Wokingham UA£415,594£104,222£311,37275%£215,48752%
Wolverhampton£3,272,264£2,272,350£999,91431%-£1,090,6480%
Worcester£868,557£220,522£648,03575%£445,15551%
Worthing£709,577£492,750£216,82731%-£236,5030%
Wychavon£767,251£532,800£234,45131%-£255,7250%
Wyre£1,043,738£470,831£572,90755%£139,74313%
Wyre Forest£952,367£200,355£752,01279%£567,68660%
York UA£956,904£664,500£292,40431%-£318,9360%

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