Discounts and exemptions for adults with an enduring mental
illness
For Council Tax purposes, a person is considered to suffer from
an enduring mental illness if:
(a) he/she has severe impairment of intelligence and social
functioning (however caused) which appears to be permanent;
and,
(b) a certificate is provided by a registered medical
practitioner giving the date from which the person has been or was
likely to have been suffering from enduring mental illness;
and,
(c) he/she is entitled to one of the following:
- incapacity benefit
- attendance allowance
- severe disablement allowance
- the care component of a disability living
allowance (payable at the middle or highest rate)
- increased disablement pension because constant
attendance is needed
- disability working allowance
- unemployability supplement
- constant attendance allowance
- unemployability allowance
- income support where the applicable amount
includes a disability premium
- has lost one of the above due to reaching
pensionable age
A full exemption is awarded when a property is occupied wholly
by one or more persons who suffer from enduring mental
illness. A separate application form should be completed for each
adult resident in the property.
If your property does not qualify for an exemption, a 50%
discount may be awarded instead if all the adults of the property
fall into one of the special categories for Council Tax. These
special categories include people who have enduring mental illness,
carers, your training trainees, apprentices, students, student
nurses and 18 year olds for whom child benefit is payable.
A 25% discount is applicable when all the adults of a property,
except one, either have enduring mental illness or fall into
any other of the special categories mentioned above.
Apply by downloading the form further down this page or by
completing the online application below.