Agree A very small amount each month Agree Agree they should contribute as Agree All persons should pay what they can afford towards local services. I am unemployed at this time. Agree Am on sick benefit and but would like work p/time Agree As a full council Tax payer, I believe that each individual should contribute a portion of their income, towards the benefits that each one of us enjoys. As a council I would hope that each department are making savings, in addition to targeting bogus benefit claimants, so that the impact on the less fortunate are cushioned. Agree As I am currently unemployed this scheme would affect me greatly making a difficult financial situation harder to cope with. Agree As part of a couple one of which is over pension age this would not affect us. Agree At present I do not have an income so am grateful for what help I receive. Agree But wary that I will be taken to court as would not be able to afford to pay a lot of council tax and scared I will be arrested & the police knocking on my door as lots of bill house hold to pay etc Agree Council tax was intriduced to be rates per person not per property so EVERYONE should pay something. Agree Currently I am not paying anything towards council tax. This will mean i will have to start paying Agree Currently I receive 100% benefit. Principle 1 - Everyone contributes towards cost of services through Council Tax Proposal A - To restrict the maximum amount we can award to 75% of the Council Tax charge.
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Agree A very small amount each month
Agree Agree they should contribute as
Agree All persons should pay what they
can afford towards local services.
I am unemployed at this time.
Agree Am on sick benefit and but would
like work p/time
Agree As a full council Tax payer, I
believe that each individual should
contribute a portion of their
income, towards the benefits that
each one of us enjoys. As a
council I would hope that each
department are making savings,
in addition to targeting bogus
benefit claimants, so that the
impact on the less fortunate are
cushioned.
Agree As I am currently unemployed this
scheme would affect me greatly
making a difficult financial
situation harder to cope with.
Agree As part of a couple one of which
is over pension age this would not
affect us.
Agree At present I do not have an
income so am grateful for what
help I receive.
Agree But wary that I will be taken to
court as would not be able to
afford to pay a lot of council tax
and scared I will be arrested & the
police knocking on my door as
lots of bill house hold to pay etc
Agree Council tax was intriduced to be
rates per person not per property
so EVERYONE should pay
something.
Agree Currently I am not paying anything
towards council tax. This will
mean i will have to start paying
Agree Currently I receive 100% benefit.
Principle 1 - Everyone contributes towards cost of services
through Council Tax
Proposal A - To restrict the maximum amount we can
award to 75% of the Council Tax charge.
Agree Currently receive 100% benefit so
would amount of support would
be reduced.
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect our household
Agree Does not at this moment in time.
Agree Doesn't
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Doesn't affect me. I receive part
council tax benefit as my partner
works.
Agree Even if this is a small amount less
strain on government resources
Agree Every household should pay
something so they value the
services they get.
Agree Everybody should pay their share
Agree Everyone is paying something to
council tax
Agree get 100% benefit so would mean
25% less but us fair way if cuts
have to be made but some really
do struggle as it is.
Agree given that everyone consumes
council funds in some way then
everyone should contribute via
council tax
Agree I
Agree I accept that I should pay some of
the council tax, so long as the
payments are not excessive.
Agree I agree in general, although do
feel that there are probably a few
cases where 100% assistance is
still needed in the most severe of
situations.
Agree I already pay nearly all of my
council tax.
Agree I already pay towards council tax
despite being on low income.
Agree I am a homeowner who is SOLE
bill payer with no dependants &
help. I live off jobseekers
allowance and struggle
desperately to make ends meet.
Agree I am a little worried about future.I
feel maximum should be of 75%.
It will not affect me.
Agree I am a single mother on a low
income and already struggle to
pay my contribution but like to pay
as much as I can. I am concerned
how this will affect my families
income. It is already very very
stretched.
Agree i am a single mum on a single
wage and now only have one
dependent child of 10 living with
me i would like some discount on
my council tax this proposal would
be fair.
Agree I am a single parent not through
choice who works and currently
only receives £1 per week CTB. I
pay £116 CTAX per month. If I
have to pay it, so should
everyone.
Agree I am a widower so could not pay
much.
Agree I am currently on benefits and this
will make me struggle, however if
it encourages those who choose
not to work through choice to go
back to work it sounds like a good
idea.
Agree I am fortunate this will not affect
me as I am state pension age
Agree I am long term disabled and
unable to return to work. It would
affect my income quite
dramatically along with the new
housing benefit reforms bur no-
one is entitled to a totally free ride
through life.
Agree I am on DLA middle and lower.
Don't know how it will effect me.
Agree I am on JSA (a single person). I
pay council tax because I have
savings.
Agree I apy full council tax so it won't
affect me directly
Agree I believe it will not affect me. I am
81, very ill and live alone. If
everyone paid their fair share of
Income Tax, none of these cuts
would be necessary. Tax
avoidance by greedy people like
*************** and others like him,
and large companies who employ
lawyers to find loopholes is highly
immoral and should be stopped.
But who can you trust when even
those shysters who pass
themselves off as politicans ,steal
from the public. And Tony Blairs
illegal and immoral and
unnnecessary wars have ruined
the country., and caused the
death of tens of thousands of
human beings. After the second
world war I was proud of being
British. At first we were alone in
opposing Hitler along with the free
french and free poles. All those
brave servicemen, and civilians
who were killed in order to make
us free, or suffered serious injury
must be turning in their graves if
they can see how this country has
gone down the drain. The land
FIT FOR HEROES never came
about..It is not the fault of the
people, but incompetent politicans
Agree I currently receive 100% benefit
so this would drop to 75%
Agree I currently receive 100% help but
feel it is fair to pay something
towards my council tax
Agree I do agree we could pay
something and 75% is fair.
However, it is difficult to really be
in a position to commit as other
benefits I receive and indeed
need to pay for catheters, leg
bags, incontinence pads and a
special coeliac diet to cater for,
are being assessed, removed or
rejigged so it is very difficult to
say. surely you can understand
this - it is difficult not knowing
where you stand!
Agree I do not work and get all my
council tax paid. I am seperated
and have 3 children and a
disability. I woild be ok to pay a
weekly charge as long as it's not
too high
Agree I do think they should pay a little
something towards council tax but
as long as they can afford to.
Agree I don't receive any benefit
currently so, as things stand at
the moment, it would not affect
me but that could change in the
future.
Agree I feel that everyone should have
to pay something, so that they
know their responsibilities. Based
on my work with people on a low
income, such as income support,
I feel that charging £6.45 per
week is too much and may cause
further financial hardship. I also
think that the recovery of this
charge may prove difficult and
costly to the council. I also feel
that this should be applied as a
cap to the benefits availsble
rather than calculating the benefit
based on a reduced maximum
amount.
Agree I live alone so would still get 25%
discount
Agree I might have to pay less as there
will be more in the pot
Agree I only get partial help anyway.
Agree I receive about 80% benefit
towards my council tax bill so I
would be affected slightly.
Agree I think everyone should pay
something
Agree I will probably have to pay a small
amount of council tax. I am single
& living alone on small income &
working tax credits.
Agree I won't affect me as I am already
paying all my council tax.
Agree I work part time and am a single
mother. I am happy to contribute
something.
Agree I would agree as long as the
proposal that were brought in
were fair for everybody on benefit.
Also, they had the choice to pay it
over 10 or 12 months. For some
people who would choose 12
months this would help them with
their income to spend on every
day life, food, etc. 12 months
would be what I would want to pay
it over. Also have a pay point
card so I could pay this at ASDA
where I pay all the rest of my bills,
so I could pay this every 2 weeks.
Agree I would be worse off, as we are
already on a very tight budget.
Agree i would have to contribute towards
my tax and I'm currently getting
100% tax benefit.
Agree I would have to cut back on my
domestic bills ie electric bill,
phone bill.
Agree I would have to pay £2.65 a week
if I were the person in the
example. I agree people should
contribute. The government has
been to willing to give out freebies
and does not support those who
want to go back to work ot get a
career in the correct way.
Agree I would have to pay about £40 per
month more in council tax.
Agree in principle. Set maximum
award lower - e.g. 70% or 65% of
charge, meaning those on very
low incomes would still contribute,
but a nominal amount.
Agree I would lose some of my benefit
but I think we should pay
something towards it.
Agree I would pay more council tax
Agree I would pay something towards
my council tax.
Agree If my family would get help from
council tax of 75%, the amount of
which is given in the example,
would not hit much on our budget.
Agree If they didn't pay anything then the
burden would fall on non benefit
tax payers to pay more.
Agree I'm an OAP & get 20% at moment
Agree Is reasonably fair. I would have
considerably lass under this
proposal
Agree It does not affect me at the
moment but probably will later
Agree It doesn't look as if our
circumstances will change by the
time this comes into force as jobs
are thin on the ground around
here. Oour savings will be lower.
We do understand about paying
towards our council tax and hope
that the amount will not be too
high for us.
Agree It doesn't.
Agree it dosent.
Agree it is difficult to agree or disagree
to this proposal unless we know
more about circumstances of
family
Agree It means I will have to pay more.
However I am hoping if everyone
pays something, those that do not
pay wont have to pay extra for
those that don't pay.
Agree it wont
Agree It wont affect me
Agree It won't affect me as I don't get
council tax benefit but I believe
everyone should contribute to the
services provided that they vote
for.
Agree It won't, as I work for a living and
always have done. I believe the
threshold shoould be 00%.
Agree It won't.
Agree It would affect me, as I only just
manage on my weekly benefit
Agree It would be another bill but I think
it would be fair.
Agree It would be very hard but we
would manage somehow. We
have my mother-in-law and sister-
in-law living with us to help us with
the bills, although my siste-in-law
works, my mother-in-law stays
home to home educate & look
after the boys as both my
husband and I work on minimum
wage.
Agree It would increase the amount
have to pay by small amount
Agree It would mean I would struggle to
find extra each week as I now
entitled to full benefit
Agree It would not
Agree it would not ... I pay in full
Agree it would not affect me
Agree it would not affect me
Agree It would not affect me at all. I am
self-employed. I am broadly in
agreement with the proposal
BUT: I am concerned that people
unable to work through disability
would be even more disabled by
this measure.
Agree It would not affect me.
Agree It would not affect me. The
following comment is a general
point, but there isn't a general
box, so it goes here... While I
strongly agree with the idea that
everyone should pay for local
services, my strong agreement is
tempered by my assumption that
if Mr & Mrs Smith are entitled to
council tax benefit then they are in
receipt of state benefits, as many
of the subsequent examples
make clear. So they would just
be paying council tax with money
provided by another branch of the
state, which is hilariously
kafkaesque.
Agree It would probably mean I had to
pay more council tax.
Agree It wouldn't affect me directly
Agree It wouldn't affect me financially.
Agree It wouldn't.
Agree It wouldn't.
Agree Less money to live on.
Agree May have to pay more towards
council tax.
Agree May impact on my council tax
Agree My council tax would rise
Agree My support will be reduced to
75%
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree n/a
Agree n/a
Agree No affect
Agree No Affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect, we do not receive CTB.
Agree No benefit
Agree No change we already pay full
council tax even tho i am on esa
Agree No difference. I pay all the tax
anyway.
Agree No direct effect
Agree no effect
Agree NO effect on me
Agree No effect.
Agree No effect. As pensioners
receiving a few pounds only over
the threshold for Pension Credit
we pay the full amount of HT due.
Agree Non worker retired so wouldn't
affect me.
Agree None
Agree Not
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree not at all
Agree not at all
Agree not at all
Agree Not at all.
Agree Not directly
Agree Not in the least as we are both
working but having neighbour who
dont work because they might
lose their Council Tax benefit its a
good sensible way forward
Agree Not sure if this would affect me as
I am PT on HB and have to pay
about a 3rd of my C Tax anyway.
Why would Mr & Mrs Smith be
getting full benefit anyway??
Agree Only if they've got enough money
coming in to cover it.
Agree Our benefit would be reduced.
Agree prefer to find 6.45 pw rather than
increase in C tax which affects
everyone including disabled and
pensioners and those on low
incomew so would be worse off if
CTax increased
Agree RECEIVE PENSION CREDIT SO
DON'T PAY COUNCIKL TAX.
WOULD FIND VERY DIFFICULT
TO PAY ANY MORE
Agree Single dependency people paid
council in this last year. Lots of
married working couples seemed
to travel far away - they didn't (a
few paid)
Agree The financial management of the
Council must be more efficient.
Agree The proposal should not affect
me, as I would expect the Council
to make efficiency savings
elsewhere in its budget to find any
other payments due to the family
in other benefit entitlements.
Agree There may be less money
available to pay for the services I
already pay for.
Agree this depends on what they earn
and how many kids they have, it
may or may not be hard for them
to raise.
Agree This is very hard as each case
would be different. Some
pensioners have to pay towards
their counil tax now even when
they are on housing benefits.
Agree This probably will affect me as I'm
working age. Though at present
not working for health reasons.
Agree This proposal is not inclusive as
retired people are excused
contribution if their income so
dictates.
Agree This proposal will not affect me.
Agree this proposal would not affect me
Agree This proposal would not affect
me.
Agree This should help people feel more
involved.
Agree This will affect my financial
situation if I have to I would pay it.
Agree This will probably affect me in the
future, I find that these are loaded
questions and that what I put
down here on paper will not be
heeded. As you have already
been given a criteria to follow. I
believe that if two people are
working and bring in a wage over
£270.00 each then that joint wage
= £540.00 per week should not be
entitled to council tax benefit.
Agree This would mean we would have
to pay something towards our tax.
I can understand this as the
country is in such a mess as they
are paying out benefits to
everybody in the world.
Agree This would not affect me
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me. I pay
full council tax.
Agree unaffected
Agree Very badly. I have been helping
my son/daughter-in-law with their
children so not earning. I am not
eligible for pension or any other
benefits so have no income &
they are on minimum wages. It
would be very hard.
Agree We are currentyi in receipt of
100% benefit, so would have to
pay 25% of the council tax
Agree We pay the full amount.
Agree We would be unaffected as our
income of £1500 per month
makes us unelligible for any
reduction. However, if this
scheme were to be introduced
and the result of that would be
that we were not asked to pay an
increase in council tax, we would
not be made poorer as a result.
Agree We would have small increase.
Agree Well I would struggle but I believe
that we should all do our best to
support our economy and get our
country in a better financial state,
although I would find this difficult.
Agree Will not affect me.
Agree Will Not.
Agree With the following proviso- some
people are marginalised as a
result of severe
illness/injury/mental health.
Where these conditions exist
genuinely, as in my daughters
case, there should be some
proviso for enabling the 100% to
continue, otherwise unless DLA or
Severe Disability payments would
need to increase to prevent
further financial marginalisation.
Agree Would have no affect
Agree Would mean I have to pay a fee.
Agree Would not
Agree would not
Agree would not affect
Agree Would not affect me as I pay full
Council Tax
Agree wouldn't
Agree Wouldn't affect me
Agree Yes but on some kind of sliding
scale depending on their total
income and the total income of
the household.
Agree Yes but on some kind of sliding
scale depending on their total
income and the total income of
the household.
Agree Yes I would have to pay
something but it's better than
loseing service.
Agree Yes- they all benefit from some of
the services
Disagree A drop from 100% to 75% could
be very difficult for a household
where wages are frozen or
reduced. I suggest 80%.
Disagree as a family with one adult
employed and 2 children to
support we only receive some
help. Even though this is a great
help to us we still struggle.
Families who try to work to earn
suffer more.
Disagree As a single householder on
benefits I already do contribute
£10 a a month. I certainly could
not afford any more as all the
liability is mine. I would have
thought 85 - 90% would be fairer
Disagree As I get disability living allowance
& income support, this would
leave me struggling to pay bills,
even though this is a small
amount to pay.
Disagree As I get only income support and
carers would not be able to afford
£6.45 a week.
Disagree As I live on my own it will make
my finances tigher
Disagree As much as I think we need to
make changes I will be affected
by this proposal, the fact that
there are going to be changes in
my housing benefit as well, this
could mean me having to find an
extra £20 per week as a single
female on a low income. I don't
see where it is possible for me to
find the extra money.
Disagree as niether my husband nor myself
can work due to ill health and our
daughter in my fulltime carer, I
worry how much we will have to
find on our very limited income
Disagree As soon as I started work I ended
up paying a lot of council tax and
housing benefit so I worse off
than when I did not work - does
not pay to work
Disagree As we are already on Benefit this
new scheme would affect my
family alot if we had to pay more.
Disagree As we currently unemployed we
won't be able to afford nothing.
Disagree At the moment it is all being paid
and as I am unable to work I can't
afford to pay any at all.
Disagree At the moment it would not , but in
the current economic climate who
knows.
Disagree Because I am on benefits I
currently receive full CT benefit.
This would mean I would have to
contribute about £5 week out of
benefits.
Disagree because i live on my own
Disagree Because people can't afford it.
Disagree Because people will not have no
money left to pay other bills.
Disagree Currently on benefits
Disagree How can you set a figure or ask
this question without stating how
much income Mr & Mrs Smith
have?
Disagree I agree with the proposal in
principle, but not the amount. Us
workers will be penalised yet
again. We struggle to get by, earn
an honest living and get more
taken away.
Disagree I am a single parent I have
diabilities and my mobility
allowance has already been
stopped. I'm in private rented and
because I have my son at home
my housing allowance is reduced
because he has to contribute
more, to make my rent. He will
move out now, which means I
only get 2 bed housing allowance
so I have to move again and I
can't afford to do that.
Disagree I am currently in receipt of income
support due to ill health and on a
month by month basis have cut
back as much as I can already. I
would find it very hard to pay out
any more.
Disagree I am currently on a very low
income. If I HAD to pay the figure
above, it would mean the
difference between keeping warm
in winter an being able to meet
other bills.
Disagree I am not sure how my benefit is
calculated, but due to the fact I
cannot work due to long term
illness my income is minimal and
anymore I have to pay out would
mean I will not be able to pay all
my vills.
Disagree I am now retired but until recently
was paying a small amount og
council tax as I was claiming
working tax credit, disability
element
Disagree I can't afford it.
Disagree I do not like to be on benefits and
am working part-time. I am
seeking work every day. I do
need the support as I do not have
any spare funds. I do not smoke,
drink alchol or gamble. I do not
waste money. I spend £15 a
week to visit my girlfriend in
Exeter hosital who is there long
term. I may not be able to afford
to do this. I live on my own and
may be able to afford it with the
single person discount.
Disagree I do not pay council tax at the
moment. I am completely
disabled & rely entirely on benefits
which only cover my needs.
Disagree I do not receive council tax
benefit, your proposal would
unreasonably increase the burden
on the poorest individuals.
Disagree I live on my own on ESA. This
sort of additional cost is equal to
around ten weeks food
expenditure. I am already eating
poor quality food with little variety.
Disagree I should like to be able to say I
agreed however it seems that this
is likely to have a worse affect
upon people who may already be
struggling (people on lowest
incomes) (people in receipt of
100% benefit are usually
unemployed) I think that as per
the above example you have
given, it seems it would be fairer if
the % was not so high.
Disagree I struggle to pay bills. Reducing it
I would suffer badly.
Disagree I will not be affected but if people
are charged from their benefits
then why give it to take it? Either
they will demand more benefit to
cover it or will just need less
benefit. This change would not be
the only additional drain on their
resources, so even this proposed
reducition will not give a true
reflection on the impact of the cut-
backs.
Disagree I work & I assume the amount of
benefit I get would also decrease,
as it would be on a sliding scale.
To get full council tax benefit,
surely they must be on the
minimum to live. Therefore an
extra charge would cause
financial difficulty.
Disagree I work part time so would mean
less money for household.
Disagree I would have to pay the excess
from my incapacity benefit also
having to pay the "bedroom
tax" of £12+ per week from
April 2013.
Disagree I would need to provide extra
support to my daughters family
who are on a low income. Then in
turn may have to make a claim
myself that I currently avoid.
Therefore the total cost to you
would be more not less.
Disagree I would not be able to afford a
25% contribution to my council
tax.
Disagree I would not be directly affected by
this proposal but feel the
wealthiest are in the best position
to pay more so a new top band of
Council Tax needs to be
introduced e.g. Band I 20/9, or
the multipliers increased at the
top end
Disagree I/we would not benefit at all - I/we
receive no CTB
Disagree If you take into account income
support for my husband because
he is my carer and receives
carers allowance we can't afford
any increase in our outgoings. I
am registered permanently
disabled in a wheelchair.
Disagree I'm not working cos I'm disabled
so don't think it will affect me, I
hope.
Disagree It doesn't affect me but doesn't
seem to take into account income
and affordability.
Disagree It is hard enough trying to make
ends meet and six pounds is a lot
of shopping.
Disagree It will cause hardship
Disagree It will depend on whether people
receiving pension tax credits will
be included.
Disagree It won't.
Disagree it would have an impact on the
quality of life for my family. less
money would be available for
neccessities
Disagree It would not
Disagree it would not affect me
Disagree It would not affect me but those
on the lowest pay would need
inceased Housing Benefit to allow
them to cope with the extra
expense.
Disagree It would not affect me but those
on the lowest pay would need
inceased Housing Benefit to allow
them to cope with the extra
expense.
Disagree It wouldn't affect me.
Disagree Money is tight as it is and we don't
get much coming in.
Disagree My Benefit is currently less than
the full amount
Disagree My daughter lives in a flat with her
child and can barely pay bills let
alone have to pay more.
Disagree My wife is disabled and cannot
work and as her carer I had to
give up full time job as her driver.
Therefore have fixed income that
cannot change.
Disagree No affect
Disagree No change for me
Disagree No change.
Disagree not
Disagree Not at all
Disagree Not at all
Disagree Not at all
Disagree Not at all
Disagree Not at all, except a possible small
increase in Council Tax.
Disagree On a low income & pay something
towards council tax but would
struggle to pay more.
Disagree People on such low incomes that
have entitled them to a full rebate
will find this a further severe
reduction to their standard of
living.
Disagree people with little money will
struggle more with increase in
crime
Disagree Perhaps Mr & Mrs Smith can't
afford to pay their council tax,
what would happen then?
Disagree Some weeks I don't have £6.45 to
spend. We don't smoke, drink or
have 2 cars. We are already
below most peoples way/cost of
living.
Disagree The government already set the
lowest amount to live on. Would
there be an increase elsewhere?
Disagree The principle of making life harder
for those who are already
struggling is socially unacceptable
Disagree The question can not be
answered subjectively as I am
unaware of Mr & Mrs Smith's
financial situation. Are Mr & Mrs
Smith both in receipt of the
National Minimum Wage? Do
they receive housing benefit? Do
they receive working tax credit?
None of this is highlighted in the
example so therefore I disagree.
Disagree There are some people in a
house who get benefits because
they have mental health
problems. These people cannot
afford to pay some of this money
back in the form of Council Tax.
Disagree This does not take into account
the unique circumstances of
disabled people or people like
myself with a chronic illness. This
proposed reduction in income will
result in reduced quality of life.
Disagree This proposal is not inclusive as
retired people are excused
contribution if their income so
dictates.
Disagree This proposal woould aff meif it
were to apply to single people
currently on benefit support.
Added to other increases in cost
of living expenses would add up.
Disagree This proposal would not affect
me. However this decision should
depend on what the income of
this family is. In a low income
family especially one with children
it could cause hardship.
Disagree This will not affect me. I feel that
while I think all adults should pay
something - this very much
depends on other circumstances.
If living on JSA etc £6.45 a week
is a huge sum - compared to
raising 5% on band D @ £7.45 yr.
Disagree This will not affect us as we do
not claim CTB however asking
people on very low income and no
disposible income to pay is likely
to result in non-payment and
increase the CT recovery costs.
At a time when bailiffs fees are
increasing the amount of debt
owed will increase rapidly. What
about CT charged on 2nd
homes? If people can afford 2nd
homes they should not be given
any discount for CT thia would
increase the whole revenue
income and reduce the relative
savings needed.
Disagree This would strongly affectus
because my husband is full-time
carer for me and our teenage
daughter and is not able to work
because I cannot be left. We
simply would not have the excess
income to pay any council tax and
these proposals worry us greatly.
Disagree Too much pressure as a single
parent.
Disagree Unless they have childen the
benefit system does not
necessarily give couples on low
incomes enough to scrape by, so
asking them for more money is
going to seriously cause hardship.
The job market as it stands does
not provide much full time
employment. Some couples can
only get part time work at
minimum wage, but still have to
pay rent and mortgages each
month. I currently 'prop up' my
son & his wife, who do not smoke,
drink alchohol or go out but find
themselves short of money
frequently.
Disagree Very much
Disagree We are both disabled and diabetic
we find it hard to live as it is. My
wife suffers with food intolerance
so we have to watch what food
we buy and she can only drink
bottled water
Disagree We are currently receive a part
payment of Council TAX benefit
but this does not cover the whole
amount. We already struggle for
money so any decrease in benefit
will put our family in a worse
posistion.
Disagree We struggle to survive now, and if
these proposals came into force
then we really would be in dire
straights.
Disagree We would pay something.
Disagree We would struggle to pay all bills
Disagree when you're in receipt of benefits,
you're on the absolute minimum
that you require to live. T aking
out this extra money towards
council tax is just ludicrous.
Disagree Will not affect me
Disagree will not affect me
Disagree With every thing else going up
what's the point
Disagree WITH HAVING HOUSING
BENEFIT ALREADY CUT THE
CUT IN C TAX SUPPORT WILL
LEAVE US IN HARDSHIP AND
NOT PAYING OTHER BILLS
Disagree Would have less money to
support my children because
paying more council tax
Disagree Would mean finding roughly an
extra £25 a month although this
doesn't sound alot, but as a single
mum of 2 this would soon add up
and make life harder if you
unexpecently needed to replace
or fix item - such as washing
machine (couldn't go without)
Disagree Wouldn't affect me at all.
Strongly Agree Agree but increase should be
capped,. Thereafter subject to
public consultation
Strongly Agree Agree or disagree with what? This
question is confusing. I am
strongly in favour of the proposed
scheme.
Strongly Agree All council tax should be based on
the ability to pay and dealt with
through the tax system. As a
council tax payer, I have
calculated that if council tax would
arise 2% above inflation over the
next 10 years, most of us would
have to downsize to afford to live,
to appoint where it would be
totally unaffordable. We see this
as a major deterrant for home
ownership and affordable living in
the UK and is a real negative for
the people who do the right thing
and support the UK economy,
perhaps its time to reconsider
options if it becomes
unaffordable.
Strongly Agree as a pensioner I am expected to
pay Council Tax, all others should
be expected to pay also if in
receipt of services provided by the
Council
Strongly Agree As a pensioner on a modest
income and never claimed
benefits it may help to reduce my
council tax
Strongly Agree As a relatively low earning
pensioner who does not qualify
for any benefit at present then I
really don't see why everyone
shouldn't have to contribute in this
small way.
Strongly Agree As far as I can see the central
government giving up paying CT
benefit will only impose a further
burden on this CT paying
pensioner without any
commensurate reduction in
payments to government or
improvement in their services to
me.
Strongly Agree Assume both are working,so they
can pay 50%
Strongly Agree At the current moment in time it
would not affect me as I do work.
My job is insecure and there is a
high chance I will not work in the
future. I don't see why people
who get benefits have that treated
as golden money and not as
money to pay for costs of life,
including council tax. If you can't
afford your council tax then move
to a smaller property.
Strongly Agree Currently pay 100% of council tax,
so this proposal wouldn't affect
me.
Strongly Agree Currently, it would not affect me.
But my employment is at risk and
therefore may seek this benefit in
the future.
Strongly Agree Do not know
Strongly Agree does not
Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect our household as
we pay 100%
Strongly Agree Doesn't affect me
Strongly Agree Don't want MY council tax to go
up.
Strongly Agree everybody benefits from the
council services so everybody
should pay
Strongly Agree Everybody enjoys community
benefits everybody should
contribute towards them.
Strongly Agree EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM
COUNCIL SERVICES, SO IN
PRINCIPLE EVERYONE
SHOULD PAY
Strongly Agree Everyone should make a
contribution to council tax,
regardless of whether they are
working or in receipt of benefit.
People on benefits are still
making use of all services ie
waste collection, education etc etc
so they should pay towards it.
Most benefit recipients I know
have much newer cars than me,
regular trips to the tanning salons
and manicurists - maybe they
ought to rejoin the real world! We
shouldn't have to work hard in
order that others can have
everything for free!
Strongly Agree Everyone should pay something
towards their council tax. It really
annoys me to see people
receiving benefit when they have
wide screen TV, smoking, etc.
Strongly Agree Everyone uses the facilities
provided so should pay
Strongly Agree Family receive benefit
Strongly Agree Good in principle, but these
people cannot afford this and so
there would be an additional cost
involved in court appearances to
get the money back.
Strongly Agree Hopefully it would help avoid a
Council Tax increase and help
retain local services such as
Libraries and Household Waste
tips.
Strongly Agree I AGREE THAT THEY ASHOULD
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, WHY
SHOULD THE REST OF
COUNCIL TAX PAYERS HAVE
TO FOOT THE BILL WITH
HIGHER COUNCIL TAX BILLS.
I AM A PENSIONER AND
CANNOT CLAIM AN Y BENEFIT
AND HAVE TO PAY 100%.
Strongly Agree I agree with the above, but feel
that with the rpice of food, fuel,
utilities & taxes all going up, life
will become much more difficult
for myself & others.
Strongly Agree I already pay part of my council
tax & I am grateful for any help. I
am a single working mum
Strongly Agree I am currently managing on a very
low income and I pay full whack. I
have a lodger who is currently on
benefits and gets Housing
Benefit. Just seems we are
penalised no matter what we say.
Strongly Agree I am retired so it would not affect
me.
Strongly Agree I cannot work because of ills but
still pay full c/tax
Strongly Agree I currently work parttime so I pay
towards my council tax and I think
everyone should have to pay
something. I don't think they
should get off with it as i will have
to pay more.
Strongly Agree I do not qualify for benefit
eventhough I have no income, so
it would be fairer for me if other
people had to pay council tax as
well as me. Because I do not
qualify for benefit, I don't think a
lot of people should either.
Strongly Agree I do not receive any Council Tax
Benefit so would not directly affect
me
Strongly Agree I have always piad my council tax
even if receiving benefit when my
income dropped. Everybody
should have to pay something.
Strongly Agree I pay a percentage myself
Strongly Agree I Think EVERYBODY should
contribute towards council tax.
Strongly Agree I will continue to pay full council
tax
Strongly Agree i will not be affected as i receive
no benefits
Strongly Agree I work 16 hrs a week & already
have to pay towards my council
tax bill - everybody of working age
should have to do this.
Strongly Agree I work 20 hours a week and have
to pay half my council tax. I do
think that people on benefits
should have to pay something
even if it is a few pounds a week.
Strongly Agree I would be supporting less people
from tax on my pensions
Strongly Agree I would contribute a small
amount.
Strongly Agree I would feel all have a sense of
ownership, although it would not
affect me
Strongly Agree I would have to pay 6.45 a week
Strongly Agree I would have to pay less than I do
now.
Strongly Agree If more people did not contribute,
people that do pay like my
household will no doubt be called
upon to pay more. Even though
we pay our contribution all rise in
costs squeeze our funds
Strongly Agree If my family would get help from
council tax of 75%, the amount of
which is given in the example,
would not hit much on our budget.
Strongly Agree It could effect not just me but local
community if crime levels go up :-
house breakins, pick pockets etc.
I hope the Somerset County will
provide and/or support food
banks, MORE will be needed.
Strongly Agree It currently wouldn't as we do not
receive any type of benefit. We
pay our council tax in full.
Strongly Agree It doesn't affect me as I already
pay some council tax.
Strongly Agree It doesn't affect me as me and my
husband pay our council Tax
ourselves we both work myself I
work 16hours a week and have a
child with Autism a 3yr old and a 1
yr old, my husband works 44
hours a week .. Why should we
work and have to pay my council
tax is £142 a month ! dont think
that its that unreasonable for
those on benefits milkin the
system to not have to pay !
Strongly Agree It doesn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It doesn't but I have been in a
position where it did.
Strongly Agree It won't because I don't get benefit
and have to pay the full amount
and I think people get too much in
benefits so this would be a good
thing.
Strongly Agree It won't. Full tax is paid.
Strongly Agree It would appease my anger at the
amount of people on
benefit(benefit scroungers)against
people like myself who have
NEVER had benefit..and worked
all their lives...and get everything
paid for by ME and every other
legitimate tax payer
Strongly Agree It would help to avoid the loss of
services provided by ssdc. We
would be financially unaffected
unless our council tax was
increased to cover the bills for
those that get it for free.
Strongly Agree It would help to keep my Council
Tax payment to a reasonable
level.
Strongly Agree It would make it fairer for all.
Strongly Agree It would make it fairer for
everyone
Strongly Agree It would mean that I do not have
to pay as much for those who do
not work. I was made redundant 3
years ago, there were no jobs
available in my field so I did
something else rather than claim
benefits. Others should do the
same.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not affect us as already
pay full Council Tax.
Strongly Agree It would not, but I agree all people
of working age should contribute
as this will encourage those not
working to gain employment.
Strongly Agree It would only affect me if you had
to increase my level of Council
Tax if you cannot find the savings
required.
Strongly Agree It would reduce the risk of my
having to pay even more council
tax.
Strongly Agree it wouldnt
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree it wouldn't affect me as I do not
receive 100% benefit
Strongly Agree It wouldn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't as we curently do pay
towards our council tax.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't because I work.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't.
Strongly Agree Makes the system fairer
especialIy for those of us who
have never claimed anything.
Strongly Agree Makes the system fairer I pay full
Council Tax
Strongly Agree More money would be available
for other essential services for the
benefit of the wider community
Strongly Agree Mr & Mrs Smith might start to
care how their council spends
THEIR money
Strongly Agree My Council Tax bill will not be so
high
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree N/A. I agree this should
incentivise work and discourage
benefit cycle.
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Na
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree Nil effect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree NO AFFECT
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree no direct effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree No effect anticipated in the short
term.
Strongly Agree No effect.
Strongly Agree No idea at this stage. Irrelevant
anyway as principles behind
proposals are what is needed
Strongly Agree none
Strongly Agree None of the proposals would have
marked effect upon myself - but
they would affect other family
members. The exercise shows
what a complete mess the whole
system is, especially at
Government level. To save
Council money, why not scrap
bus passes for the elderly? They
are totally discriminatory in favour
of those who live on or near a bus
route! ps Why is your spellcheck
American? Try typing in 'favour'
!!!!
Strongly Agree Not
Strongly Agree not
Strongly Agree Not @ all
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected.
Strongly Agree Not applicable
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all and as I was never
aware that people in work did not
always have to pay council tax.
Strongly Agree Not at all as I do not receive any
benefits
Strongly Agree Not at all as I do not receive
benefits.
Strongly Agree Not at all other than to increase
my council tax if proposals such
as this are not put into effect.
Strongly Agree Not at all re-Council Tax Benefit
as I receive nil. But additional tax
income would reduce the impact
on us of other measures.
Strongly Agree Not at all.
Strongly Agree not directly affected
Strongly Agree not on benefits
Strongly Agree Not relevant to me.
Strongly Agree Not sure that it does but everyone
should pay something.
Strongly Agree On the basis that I currently pay a
large Cuncil Tax bill, I am in
favour of all measures that avoid
that increasing.
Strongly Agree Our household income is £17,000
and we get no financial support
with our council tax, so whilst this
proposal wouldn't directly affect
us, I think that if we can pay it in
full then others should make a
contribution if it is only 25%
Strongly Agree Should mean that it will minimise
Council Tax increases.
Strongly Agree So that every one pay council tax
not just the one that can pay it
Strongly Agree Swap coucil tax and merge with
income tax
Strongly Agree There needs to be discretion for
exeptional cases
Strongly Agree THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT
AFFECT ME.
Strongly Agree This proposal would not affect
myself or current financial
situation as I already pay full
yearly amount of council tax due
to being in full time employment. I
agree that if people are on low
income/benefits, these should pay
a portion towards council tax as a
service - its not a free service.
Strongly Agree This will not affect me directly but
i do agree with the principle of
contribution by all. My experience
is that many people do not see
CTB as money they receive from
the state therefore they have an
incomplete picture of how paying
council tax impacts on people
who do not receive CTB.
Strongly Agree THIS WOULD AFFECT ME, BUT
AS A SINGLE WOMAN WHO
HAS ORKED FULL TIME FOR
29N YEARS AND UNTIL
RECENTLY HAS ALWAYS PAID
HER WAY IN THE WORLD, I
FEELIT IS IMPORTANT FOR
EVERYONE TO CONTRIBUTA
TO COUNCIL TAX.
Strongly Agree This would have no direct affect
on me but I believe that everyone
should make a proportionate
contribution.
Strongly Agree This would help the council to
maintain their level of servicing
amenities.
Strongly Agree This would no longer affect me
but up until recently i was in
receipt of full council tax benefit
Strongly Agree This would not affect me
Strongly Agree This would not affect me
Strongly Agree This would not affect me directly,
but 25% contribution seems
reasonable. Any issues with this
should then be means tested on a
case by case basis.
Strongly Agree This would only affect me by
virtue of not increasing the
general council tax rates
Strongly Agree We all have benefits from this tax
and so everyone should
contribute.
Strongly Agree We are pensioners and this
proposal would lessen any future
Council Tax increase for
pensioners such as ourselves.
Everybody benefits from Council
services so it is only right that
everyone should contribute.
Strongly Agree We do not claim any benefits,
although we are pensioners, and
some months it can be a struggle
but it would be far more fair for us
all to contribute to our council tax.
Strongly Agree We do not receive any benefits.
Strongly Agree WE PAY WHATEVER IS
NECCARY TO FULFILL THE
OBJECTIVE
Strongly Agree Will not affect me at all because I
am in full time employment. My
wife is of pensionable age but we
do not claim any relief.
Strongly Agree wont affect as pensioner
Strongly Agree Wont affect me at all as I pay
100% of my Council Tax bill.
Everyone should pay something
towards the bill.
Strongly Agree Would be a fairer and better
system
Strongly Agree Would have no effect
Strongly Agree Would no affect me
Strongly Agree Would not
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me as I am
being taxed for all my income
anyway. Why should this be
different for anyone else????
Strongly Agree would not affect me at the current
time
Strongly Agree Would not affect me but I feel that
contributing something towards
council services woould make
indviduals value those services
more.
Strongly Agree Would not affect me.
Strongly Agree WOULD PUT UP MY COUNCIL
TAX. SINGLE OAP ON VERY
HIGH BUDGET
Strongly Agree Wouldn't affect me
Strongly Agree Wouldn't as pay full council tax
Strongly Agree Yes
Strongly Agree Yes everyone benefits from local
services so everyone should
make a contribution
Strongly Agree Yes, adults need to contribute
towards society either financially
or otherwise. Except for the truly
destitute.
Strongly Disagree £200 extra to be paid by me and
family
Strongly Disagree 75% is still too much.
Strongly Disagree A 75% award calculated on which
band you live in would be unfair
as for some people (like me)
would go from paying nothing a
monthto a huge jump of around
£30? I do believe there should be
a fixed amount taken from us of
no more than £10 per month.
Strongly Disagree After losing my job due to an
accident in which I broke my back
I feel to tar all tenants with the
same brush is immoral. This
states to me that I am now in the
same category as those who do
not want to work and will do
anything to avoid it; this is grossly
unfair. Benefit should be
apportioned on an individual
basis.
Strongly Disagree Am already on a benefit that is
very low. I could not afford to pay
additional costs.
Strongly Disagree As a carer my income is already
very low. This kind of reduction in
income will cause hardship
Strongly Disagree As a single working mum (lone
parent) who works part time and
paying child care, will be a bit of a
struggle to live.
Strongly Disagree As a widow on low earbnings I get
some help so this proposal may
cause me to have to pay more
which I CAN NOT AFFORD
Strongly Disagree Because being a pensioner on
£70 a week am finding it hard
paying my own council tax.
Strongly Disagree Beintg on a fixed income which is
all taken up to pay ever increasing
bills for food etc where would I
find the extra that would be
required
Strongly Disagree Benefits are being cut back in all
areas. The amount you receive at
present is minimal and not much
above subsistance level.
Strongly Disagree benefits are paid as, "What
the law say's you need". To
take any other monies from the
amount would lesson the amount
the told needed.
Strongly Disagree Benefits are paid in an amount
that they have very little or no
spare money.
Strongly Disagree Couldn'tt afford to pay
Strongly Disagree Couuld not afford it after living &
bills
Strongly Disagree Does not affect me directly.
Strongly Disagree End up using all my savings due
to not being able to work due to
illness and only get £268 per
month at moment.
Strongly Disagree Husband in receipt of DLA &
Pension credit,. Wife working but
in receipt of carers allowance only
- no surplus cash to pay increase
so would have to cut fuel/ food
Strongly Disagree I already have to pay towards my
council TAX. It's hard trying to
manage with more cuts
Strongly Disagree I already pay towards my council
tax. It's hard enough trying to
manage
Strongly Disagree I am 60 years old, claiming
income based JSA, & 100%
council tax benefit. Making ends
meet is almost impossible now,
without further bills to pay.
Strongly Disagree I am a carer for my grandfather
and get carers allowance and do
not pay council tax at the
moment. I am worried that I will
not be able to afford it.
Strongly Disagree I am a single mum and already
struggle with day to day
expenses. I couldn't cover the
expense of yet another bill.
Strongly Disagree I am a single mum of 4 and the
only financial help I receive are
my benefits. I would be struggling
even more so than I am to keep a
roof over our heads.
Strongly Disagree I am a working single parent on a
low wage - I receive council tax
benefit. At the end of every week I
have no money left. What the
government have assumed is that
all people on any benefit can
make it stretch further, its just not
possible. Meanwhile in this area
there are many second homes
lying empty people with vast
income who can afford to have
multiple properties, who should
pay more.
Strongly Disagree I am disabled / widow, home
owner and barely keeping roof
over my head - gas , electricity,
water charges are extremely high.
If I an unable to keep my home I'll
become a burden on the state
Strongly Disagree I am disabled and always ill 24/7,
this would affect me greatly in my
expenditure and paying people to
help me.
Strongly Disagree I am in receipt of full benefit at
present. I also have a spere
bedroom so out of my limited
sickness benefits I'm going to
have to rent top up & c tax
Strongly Disagree I am in receipt of Incapacity
benefit, Income Support & 100%
council tax benefit. On such a low
income a sudden,
disproportionate outgoing
(compared with cost of living
index & yearly increase in my
income) of this large amount
(25% of charge) is unfair.
Strongly Disagree I am on a fixed income. Have
DLA, both parts. Was made
redundant in 2009. I have to
choose what to pay. This would
be a strain I could do without.
Strongly Disagree I am on benefits and have a
restricted benefit.
Strongly Disagree I am on DLA for mental illness.
Strongly Disagree I am on Income Support which is
not much to live on and pay my
bills.
Strongly Disagree I am on jobseekers allowance
some of which is taken out to
cover arrears by seekers. I have
my daughter living with me 3 days
a week and have to provide for
her. I can't afford paying any
money out until I get employment.
Strongly Disagree I am on lowest income and really
struggle even without paying at
present
Strongly Disagree I am on very low income. This
Proposal would affect such basics
as being able to heat my home,
feed myself in a health way,
clothe myself.
Strongly Disagree I am replying on behalf of an
organisation and it will affect
individual members differently.
Strongly Disagree I am struggling to manage now, to
take more money away would put
me into debt
Strongly Disagree I can not afford this now let alone
next year
Strongly Disagree I cannot afford to lose any c tax
benefit
Strongly Disagree I could not find the extra £335.50
a year to pay, even if it could be
paid weekly it would mean I would
have to make major cuts in my
budget affecting my children
Strongly Disagree I currently hace 100% rebate
which I would lose
Strongly Disagree I disagree because I only recieve
carers allowance. My wife can
only work part-time due to ill
health.
Strongly Disagree I do not currently pay council tax
as am unemployed. However I
am hoping to soon return to my
career. My current income is so
low I would struggle to pay.
Strongly Disagree I get full council tax benefit now
can ot afford to pay anything
Strongly Disagree I get lower rate disability living
allowance. I may suffer in some
ways.
Strongly Disagree I have a health problem which
means I am unable to walk
currently. To have to pay this
amount per week out of my
current benefit would leave me in
great hardship. When I am
already struggling to keep warm,
etc. and run my car (my village
has no shops or other facilities).
Strongly Disagree i have a very low income &
currently get 100% council tax
benefit which helps me alot- i
would struggle to have to pay
£6.45 every week out of my
money that i earn.
Strongly Disagree I have no other income so ow can
I pay a 1/4 of my bill. Just
because I am of working age as
no relavance. I have been trying
to get a job for a long time.
Strongly Disagree I have severe arthristis , had noth
knees & hips replaced, live every
day in pain and classed as
disabled, I struggle on my income
now. If all the changes go through
I will lose my home!! I worked all
my life till I had this illness and I
didn't choose to be like this!!
Strongly Disagree I live alone, I'm disabled. At the
moment, I get 100% council tax
benefit. Paying so much money
would mean I can't afford heating
oil for my house anymore. It is too
much. I hate taking benefits and
workd full-time as a teacher until I
became disabled after an
accident. I don't think anyone
should 'take' benefits, but people
who need them should be helped.
Strongly Disagree I strongly disagree with it. I'm
single and disabled age 58yrs.
Come April 1st 2013 I will have to
start paying rent of £14 per week
so this will make my weekly
outgoing to £20.45 weekly with no
extra help from benefits.
Strongly Disagree I struggle to pay bills as it is, this
would mean my family having to
have less food or fall behind on
some bills
Strongly Disagree I think all income should be taken
into account BUT if people are on
very low incomes they should not
have to pay more council tax.
Strongly Disagree I think all the shortfalls could be
met by reducing the pay deals of
Senior officers and reducing
council pension controbutions to
the same level as the private
sector.
Strongly Disagree I think couples are penalised as
they get a lower amount of
benefits than 2 single people.
Couples save the government by
living together as if they are made
redundant & living in rented
accomodation then only 1 housing
benefot claim is made.
Strongly Disagree I will have to pay money out of the
hardship money of £100 every 2
1/2 wks.
Strongly Disagree I would affect me because I live
on incapacity benefit and a very
small amount of income support.
Also I have a debt relief order and
I have to budget as it is with very
little left for anything else. I also
have to top up my rent as I am on
housing benefit.
Strongly Disagree I would be severly affected
financially as I am currently
unable to work due to illness and
therefore have to budget within
my means.
Strongly Disagree I would be unhappy to think that
people struggling on low income
or benefits for sickness would
have to find an extra £26 per
month for council tax at a time
when the cost of living is rising.
£26 is huge for people on low
incomes.
Strongly Disagree I would find it hard to provide for
my son if this happened as I
struggle financially now on the
money I receive without having to
deduct it to pay more bills..
Strongly Disagree I would have to find money that I
don't have - unless benefits from
DWP were to go up to cover the
extra cost. As it is, it would be
impossible to pay the £6.45 a
week - especially in the winter
when heating & lighting is so
expensive.
Strongly Disagree I would have to reduce a basic
need such as food or clothing to
find the extra.
Strongly Disagree I would starve.
Strongly Disagree I would struggle alot to pay my
outgoings
Strongly Disagree If I or anyone became
unemployed the minimum income
is barely enough to live on let
alone taking more away. Crime
will increase.
Strongly Disagree If income support does not
provide £6.45 a week extra
income support I cannot afford to
pay council tax of £6.45 as per
your example.
Strongly Disagree If one was in receipt of Job
Seekers Allowance then £6.45 a
week would represent
approximately 10% of your
income. It is completely
unreasonable to expect people on
the lowest incomes to pay this
amount towards Council Tax. In
reality £6.45 equates to one days
food budget for someone on JSA.
Strongly Disagree If you are unemployed this is a
hefty amount out of the money
you have to live on and support
children
Strongly Disagree I'm already in debt and living on
the breadline. i couldn't afford it.
I'm on ESA due to mental health
problems.
Strongly Disagree I'm on a very low budget as it is.
Suffer from mental health issues I
can't afford it.
Strongly Disagree In respect of price increase with
food, petrol for work gas/ecet
would more expense.
Strongly Disagree Increase my council tax!
Strongly Disagree It does not affect me working age
people does not mean working
people.
Strongly Disagree it does'nt
Strongly Disagree It doesn't I pay full council tax.
Strongly Disagree It is extremely likely that the
couple will not have the funds to
pay this charge. I will be affected
as local poverty and hardship will
increase, although I myself will
not suffer financially I may have to
start supporting food banks.
Strongly Disagree It might.
Strongly Disagree It wont affect me but I believe that
poorer families have already been
hit hard by the cuts and this
proposal means that poorer
families will have larger increases
than the average council tax
payer.
Strongly Disagree It won't effect me but that is not
the point, you are taking away
from people who are already on
the most basic level of income
there is. We need to target this
on the higher earners not the
lowest.
Strongly Disagree It woudl make it nearly impossible
to pay the bills, I would have to
cut back on food as I only get £50
on tax credit and have to earn any
more money not always possible.
Strongly Disagree It would affect us greatly as I am a
carer for my disabled partner and
our budget is so tight with three
young children it could mean we
have to miss out fresh fruit and
veg or cut out a main mean for
our children or my disabled
partner would be more confined
to the house as we would have to
cut down on petrol.
Strongly Disagree It would be very difficult to live so
it would be a big difference.
Strongly Disagree It would cause severe hardship.
Council Tax Benefit is paid to the
lowest income people, many of
whom are vulnerable and fall
within the 3 popular measures of
poverty.To say that all people,
regardless of their means,should
contribute goes against the fabric
of our society.In a civilised society
it is not acceptable for people to
go without food or other basic
amenities.If the maximum support
is limited how are people already
in poverty supposed to find extra
money for council tax?The
changes will cause costs
(retraining,stationary,information
points, increased enquires) and
by billing people who have no
means to pay extra costs
pursuing non payment.If the
principle of "contribution
according to means"is
preserved those additional costs
could be saved.If the £1.3 million
were funded by increasing council
tax to the 61,000 households not
in receipt of benefit the amount of
increase would be 40 pence per
week per household. The council
has two choices: to adopt a
"regardless of means"
policy which will cause hardship to Strongly Disagree It would cost us money
Strongly Disagree It would exacerbate the stress
and anxiety I already suffer due to
my financial circumstance. I
amunable to work due to disability
Strongly Disagree It would give us hardship finding
the money to pay 25% ofour
council tax. We live in a band A
property so are costing other
taxpayers the minimum perhaps
level should be raised to 90%
Strongly Disagree It would leave me very short of
money
Strongly Disagree It would mean I would struggle
week to week with my budget but
also agree that something has to
change in the future.
Strongly Disagree It would mean me paying out
money I can not afford ! I am on a
fixed income and already
struyggle to make ends meet
Strongly Disagree It would mean that money that
would be used for food etc would
have to be spent on council tax.
Strongly Disagree It would not
Strongly Disagree It wouldn't
Strongly Disagree Low income families will suffer.
Strongly Disagree Lower income people would have
to pay the 1/4 council tax from
another benefit. Left hand paying
right?
Strongly Disagree makes me very scared. I can't
afford to live on the income I have
now. Another bill to pay means I
have to use less electric, buy less
food, use less heating.
Strongly Disagree Mark already worries about
money, it affects his health and
his benefit is not meeting his
needs. Leaving him unable to buy
clothes of household bills. Paying
extra £335 year would affect we
buy
Strongly Disagree Me and my partner are struggling
with bills and running the
household. If these was to
happen we would more than likely
not able to pay as we got alot of
bill arrears.
Strongly Disagree My health is rapidly deterioting. I
have no one to talk yo, and no
possibiilty of ver working again.
Any further concessions or
increases to an already
unsustainable life will result in
prison or suicide
Strongly Disagree My house is incorrectly banded as
a B instead of an A. Therefore I
would be paying more council tax
than someone else in the same
position as me, other than their
house being band A. I'm a single
parent with only one child and
also poorer than a person with
benefits for 2 children. My house
is 2 bedrooms.
Strongly Disagree My husband has primary
progressive multiple sclerosis and
In a wheelchair and I'm his carer
(full time)
Strongly Disagree My wife and I live on state benefit
which is the minimum the
government says a couple needs
to live on. Do the maths.
Strongly Disagree My wife gets high mobility & care,
DLA & ESA. I get carers
allowance (+cb & child tax credit).
This would take us below what
the govt says we should be living
on.
Strongly Disagree No affect to me but people on
minimum benefit would not be
able to afford this
Strongly Disagree No not necessarily.... poorer
people are taught nothing by this.
Richer people can pay more and
not suffer.
Strongly Disagree not at all
Strongly Disagree Not at all but I strongly object to
asking the poorest to pay 25% of
their Council tax. The maximum
that would be defensible, and not
for the very poorest, is 10%
Strongly Disagree Not sure at the moment.
Strongly Disagree On my benefits I would have to
cut down on my food to meet the
extra cost.
Strongly Disagree Only have DWP support & with
the cost of Elec, Gas, food going
up how do you service
Strongly Disagree Only just enough to live on now,
another £6.45 a week may not
seem alot but with increase in the
cost of licving it woould have a
major impact on my family
Strongly Disagree people aren't financial able to
afford paying. Its not there fault,
those who have high earning
should pay more.
Strongly Disagree People have been entitled to this
benefit for a reason i.e they are
on a very low income. A reduction
in benefit would make their
situation even worse!
Strongly Disagree People in receipt of ESA ( was
incapacity benefit) cannot afford
to pay £6.45 per week.
Strongly Disagree People on benefit should not pay
as may have very little money,
like me. I want to work but finding
it very difficult. We should not be
penalised something that is not
our fault
Strongly Disagree People on the lowest incomes can
not afford £6.45 per week, as
well as utilities, internet access to
job search, bus fare/transport,
clothing, food, household
insurance, life insurance and pay
£6.45 per week out of £71
(approx) per week.
Strongly Disagree People on the lowest incomes
receive C.T benefit because they
can't affird to pay council tax. It
will cost more to prosecute those
who fail to pay.
Strongly Disagree Receiving housing benefit &
council tax. So this could affect.
Strongly Disagree Remove my partners working tax
credit by 50% 1 weeks payment
Strongly Disagree Rents are already too high in this
area and I can barely cover my
rent with my benefits. £6.45 a
week on top of rent & utility bills is
too much! Whys hould the
poorest in this county be
penalised for the bad investments
of your management (The Iceland
Banks) & the bailout of the Banks.
Strongly Disagree retired
Strongly Disagree The Council is diverting other
benefit payments given by
parliament into it's own coffers. If
the example could not find
£335pa they would be
SUMMONSED.
Strongly Disagree There are some cases where a
family needs all the help they can
get. Setting the maximum at 75%
disadvantages these families.
Strongly Disagree These proposals would effect my
living as i currently receive jsa,
with all outgoings this would mean
an approximate loss of £35 per
month, these so called goverment
reforms are once again targeting
the less well off and placing more
pressure on those who need help.
atahe goverment say they want to
help people back into work ...
thats good but dont penalise them
and make life more difficult when
they are less able to manage on
what they have.
Strongly Disagree this means that anyone now
getting full benifit will be a lot
worse off, the present system is
worked out and the people on low
incomes do not have to pay
towards this unjust tax because
they are on the bread line
Strongly Disagree This proposal would affect my
income. this would cut into my
pension crediit and small pension
Strongly Disagree This would affect me greatly as I
only have my pension & waht my
daughter pays into the household.
Strongly Disagree This would be too big a burden for
people already suffering a wage
freeze and price increases acorss
the board - 80% wouls be more
humane
Strongly Disagree This would mean finding the
shortfall somehow, if not from my
income support, then from my
Child Benefit, either meaning
extra financial burden for my
family.
Strongly Disagree Unless benefit is increased to
allow us to afford this then it is
unfair to hit us up if we can not
work due to being a carer.
Strongly Disagree Unless several people in a house
= more money coming in. Where
only one person has a very low
income (TV, Mortgage in my
case). And most like me are
disabled. This would be a
disaster. DWP only pays a
proportion of my mortgage
interest and not all of it.
Strongly Disagree we already have to chose whether
to eat or have any heating on.
Strongly Disagree We are low income people. We
can't afford the high living
standard already. If Proposal A is
carried we xcan't buy any daily
necessities anymore.
Strongly Disagree We are on a string budget
already, our only pleasure apart
from food is getting the weekly
newspaper once a week.
Strongly Disagree We are stretched to the limit now,
and sometimes cannot pay bills.
This would affect our kids greatly
and would mean a reduction of
weekly shopping
Strongly Disagree We currentky don't pay any
council tax and I don't know how
we would find the money. High
earning people can afford to pay.
Where should we take the £6.45
a week from - our food bill?
Strongly Disagree We currently receive full council
tax benefit. We have a lot of
outgoings (mainly debts) and this
would put more financial pressure
on us if all our income remained
the same.
Strongly Disagree We live on a tight budget now and
live from week to week on my
pension.
Strongly Disagree We pay towards or rent and
council tax but there is only so
much money we have.
Strongly Disagree We struggle now so would
struggle more if we had to pay
more. And we both work.
Strongly Disagree We will struggle as my partner is
on minimum wage. And we have
a 12 week old baby and we don't
have mucg financial help.
Strongly Disagree we're on benefits and struggle
with our finance as it is, why
should people on low income be
made to struggle even more.
Strongly Disagree Whatever money we would have
to spend on council tax would
mean less to spend on other
things for which we do not have
already.
Strongly Disagree When unemployed I would have
been unable to pay council tax.
Strongly Disagree Why don't you take a look at
people who claim disability living
allowance, plus income support
on top.
Strongly Disagree With a young son at college, and
being out of work every penny
counts. Trying to pay essential
bills and putting food on the table
is hard.
Strongly Disagree With the new laws for empty
bedrooms in the house I
wouldthen have to find about £20
week to compensate this as well .
With being a carer for my
husband this would be very hard.
Strongly Disagree Would be worse off if had to pay
anything as things are tight
enough.
Strongly Disagree Would cut my money in half
would not have enough to live on.
Strongly Disagree Would force me to move.
Strongly Disagree Would make it very difficult to live.
Strongly Disagree Would make me worse off when
I'm already struggling.
Strongly Disagree yes if they earn a wage
Strongly Disagree Yet again, the less well off in
society are being targeted.
Strongly Disagree You have not made provision for
working age disabled people who
exist on benefits, especially those
wil special needs who are not
able to hold a job.
Agree that everyone should pay a
small amount of council.
Disagree as I will be worse off as I
am a vulnerable adult with
learning disabilities. As I don't
earn anymore and all my money
comes to me via the benefits I
receive, I would find it difficult to
find any extra money to pay the
increased proposal.
C ould maintain present level of C
Tax
Having found myself with ill health
& only being on SSP I still have to
pay a contribution to council tax
benefit I was taking home less
than people on benefits leving me
struggling to pay all bills.
I agree in principle but this must
be means tested to ensure that
those on lowest income or JSA
are not penalised
I struggle to survive and eat on
current benefit. I will have to go
without food and heating if
implemented
It reduces capacity to travel to the
nearest town = 1 return bus fare.
(At present I cannot travel much
on the bus anyway ie norm is one
journey a week £4.90.
We are pensioners and not
affected AT PRESENT. Can't tick
a box though. We fell that
everything depends on peoples
income/abilities/unavoidable
outgoings, etc.
With the rising prices of fuel
electric & gas and public transport
there is simply no spare money
each fortnight
Agree Additional Council income would limit
impact on general Council Tax levels and
level of services provided
Agree Again, as I work and have to pay Council
Tax, regardless of circumstances so
should everyone.
Agree All income should be taken into
consideration regardless!
Agree as above
Agree As above. All income should be
calculated as contributable at 100%.
People need to work for a living, not
heavily subsidised.
Agree Depends again on how much the other
money is.
Agree Do not know
Agree DOES NOT AFFECT
Agree Does not affect me
Agree Does not affect me - don't reduce child
maintenance for my children.
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect our household
Agree Does not apply as we have no children
Agree Doesn't
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Don't understand.
Agree Everyone should pay a little.
Agree Everyone should pay their way in society!!
Agree I agree if it is not taken into account in any
way. N/A
Agree I do agree as they would have more
income as a household. More than one
persons income/benefits. People
shouldn't have kids if they can't afford
them!
Agree I do get maintenance - as long as a
weekly charge is not too high then of
course it should be paid by myself
Agree I have no dependant children.
Agree I receive a small amount of child
maintenance of £ 13 a week so this
would mean I would have this taken into
account when my council tax liability is
calculated
Principle 2 - All income should be taken into account
Proposal B - All Child Maintenance received will be included when
calulating Council Tax support
Agree I receive child maintenance and would be
happy that some of it be calculated as
income but I think it should be less than
20%
Agree I think all income should be taken into
account BUT if people are on very low
incomes they should not have to pay
more council tax.
Agree I would pay more council tax
Agree it does'nt
Agree It doesn't affect me at all.
Agree It doesn't but see my answer to A
Agree It doesnt.people have to take account for
their actions. I strongly disagree that
feckless people should be given money to
counter for their mistakes and actions.
Agree It is an income so shoud be included.
Agree It is an income so shoud be included.
Agree it is difficult to agree or disagree to this
proposal unless we know more about
circumstances of family
Agree It will affect me because of other
household bills to pay such as electricity
bill gas bill and water bill plus T V licence
as well and shopping
Agree It will not
Agree It will not affect me as I am single.
Agree It won't affect me as I don't get council tax
benefit but it is still part of the claimants
income so I believe it should be included.
Agree It won't but I have concerns for my son's
low income family.
Agree It won't I have no children
Agree It won't.
Agree It won't.
Agree It would help to keep my Council Tax
payment to a reasonable level.
Agree It would not
Agree It would not affect me
Agree it would not affect me
Agree It would not affect me personally.
Agree It would not affect me.
Agree It would not but I think that all income
should be taken into account.
Agree It would not.
Agree It would not.
Agree It wouldn't
Agree It wouldn't affect me financially.
Agree It wouldn't affect me personally but it
would make it fairer for everyone
Agree It wouldn't.
Agree Less money to live on.
Agree Mrs Smith is enjoying luxuries that I could
not even imagine having Not affected
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree n/a
Agree N/A - I don't have children.
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No children
Agree No direct effect
Agree no effect
Agree No effect
Agree no effect
Agree No effect
Agree No effect.
Agree No effect.
Agree No effect.
Agree No living children so no affect
Agree Not
Agree not
Agree Not affect us
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree not affected
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree not at all
Agree Not at all.
Agree not directly affected
Agree Only if parent receiving maintenancestill
gets to keep it all and it doesn't affect their
benefit
Agree Only receive a small amount of child
maintenance so effect would be minimal.
Agree Other unearned income could be
considered.
Agree retired
Agree Rule 2B: child benefit is given to children
to enhance their life prospects and pay for
general necessities such as clothes and
shoes; therefore, it should not be taken
away from them to pay for council tax.
Agree That would be ok as long as maintenance
was in payment regularly.
Agree THE HOME IS USED AS THE BASIS
FOR DETERMINING COUNCIL TAX, SO
TOTAL INCOME SHOULD BE
COUNTED
Agree The maintenance I did NOT receive was
taken into consideration from time to time,
so I am sure maintenance you Do receive
should
Agree The maintenance is paid to cover the cost
of the child this includes keeping a roof
over their head so the monies should be
included
Agree The proposal would not affect me.
Agree The worker has to use ALL their income,
from whatever the source, so should the
people who get benefit help
Agree There needs to be discretion for
exeptional cases
Agree This does not affect me. I do not feel
able to comment on this proposal.
Agree This does not affect me. If your council
tax benefit is worked out on your weekly
wage, then maintenance is classed as
extra income but if she stays on her own
without a partner moving in then her
council tax benefit should remain the
same, but if she has someone move into
her household then council tax benefit
should be revised. Send someone to the
address to check for lodgers etc.
Agree This does not affect us because I do not
receive monies from a former partner.
However I tend to agree as monies
received from former partner have been
ignored then I see no reason why it
should not be taken into account.
Agree This doesn't affect us but if it did it would
be acceptable as this is classed as an
income.
Agree THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT
AFFECT ME
Agree this proposal would not affect me
Agree This proposal would not affect me.
Agree This scenario doesn't affect me but it
seems fair!
Agree this will not affect us
Agree This would be the best way to pay
towards council tax. Most people on
benefit want to pay it if an amount they
can afford.
Agree This would not affect me
Agree This would not affect me at all, my
children are grown and have their own
homes.
Agree This would not affect me or my family but
I feel that this type of income should be
included.
Agree This would not affect me personally but I
am very aware of many people in this
circumstance and it seems a fairer
distribution than others, but still one that
could cause less support for young
people as the money for their care will be
out into the council tax.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree thsi would not affect me as I do not
recieve maintenance.
Agree unaffected
Agree Why should this not be included it is
income
Agree will help towards council tax for everyone.
Agree Won't affect me.
Agree Would have no affect on me personally
but I agree with the proposal
Agree Would not
Agree would not
Agree Would not affect me
Agree Would not affect me as my partner dos
not pay for his children
Agree Would not affect me.
Agree Would not affect me.
Agree wouldn't
Agree Yes income is income
Disagree again because the person might not get
enough money to live on.
Disagree Agree but why adult. Are they vulnerable
and if so don't agree
Disagree All income from government or other
linked support is not enough to survive
and should be ignored . Including
CARERS ALLOWANCE. Which is a
below minimum wage paid by the
government (breaks its own law) and
restricts what you can earn to less than £
100 per week. Your proposal would
force more claims from other family
members in different households not less.
Disagree Although this would not directly affect me
I think some single parents will find it hard
to cope but on the whole we will
eventually suffer.
Disagree Any maintenance for a child, is supposed
to solely be for that childs individual
needs. maintenace is supposed to be for
children under working age. i thought that
they were too young to pay this council
tax. beacuse that is who would be paying.
Disagree At £ 5 a week £ 20 a month. Means of
buying school clothes shoes trainers.
Activities after school. Be a stretch on a
budget.
Disagree Because people can't afford it.
Disagree Child maintenance for most is an
unreliable and haphazard payment from
ex partners. Sometimes it's not paid in
it's entirity.
Disagree Child maintenance is awarded and paid to
benefit the child and not the government,
this does not personally affect me but
again, it is tarring tenants with the same
brush. A large proportion of single
parents rely on this money to put food in
their mouths.
Disagree Child maintenance is awarded by the
courts & is usally only small & this
penalises someone in receipt of benefit
and create greater family poverty.
Disagree Child maintenance is for the child
Disagree Child maintenance is for the child - not
housing costs
Disagree child maintenance sometimes stops for
no reason and CSA tell everyone that you
will be receiving it so deductions are
made even though you actually receive
nothing for years. As I currently do not
claim Council Tax Benefit it does not
affect me, I did have a 3 year temporary
gap in payments from CSA.
Disagree Child maintenence should go directly to
the children - food, clothes
Disagree Depending upon how many benefits are
being claimed
Disagree do not know, does not affect me
Disagree Does not affect
Disagree Does not affect me at all as in a happily
married family but this money is to help
with nappies or for the child and I don't
think so fair.
Disagree Does not affect me.
Disagree Doesn't affect me but what is the point of
giving with one hand and taking away with
the other.
Disagree Ex wives should not be responsible for
errors of his former room mates. What is
left for children.
Disagree I am a single dada and only get £ 7 for my
son from my ex wife.
Disagree I consider it appalling that money that
should be for the benefit of children is
seen as an "income". Children
are powerless and the impact of this
proposal may well have a negative impact
on them. Benefits should be according to
need. They are not a conveniece for
spending reduction. Either parents would
seek more help from Fathers, who may
also be affected by benefit changes, or be
forced to trim back on other spending.
Benefits should be fair but using children
as a means of saving money seems
counter-productive to a healthy future
society.
Disagree I disagree because children are
expensive to keep healthy and well
presented.
Disagree I don't receive any maintenance from my
ex husband or partner
Disagree I think child maintenance is for the child
and consequently doesn't belong to the
treasury, it may discourage working
parents to be better off at home when you
consider child minding/nursery fees
payable to go out to work.
Disagree I think it should depend on whether the
person receiving the maintenance has an
earning partner living with them. If they
are a single parent living alone the
maintenance payments should not be
taken into account.
Disagree It does not affect me but I think it would
be an unfair increase in a sinlge mother's
outgoings.
Disagree It doesn't
Disagree It doesn't
Disagree It doesn't affect me but children are not
cheap to feed or clothe.
Disagree It won't - but I wonder how it can be
operated fairly when so many people
entitled to child maintenance payments
don't always actually receive them
Disagree It won't - I am far too old to have children
qualifying for Child Benefit
Disagree It won't affect me but may contribute to
child poverty.
Disagree It won't affect me but may contribute to
child poverty.
Disagree It won't.
Disagree It would
Disagree it would not
Disagree it would not affect me
Disagree it would not affect me
Disagree It would not affect me at all.
Disagree It would not affect me but would affect
both my daughters.
Disagree It wouldn't
Disagree It wouldn't affect me but taking some
money which is meant for a child is
wrong.
Disagree It wouldn't as I do not receive any.
Disagree Maintenance for the children should be
left alone. Doesn't affect us.
Disagree Maintenance is for the children. I receive
an adoption allowance but for my child.
she has emotional behaviour problems
and I need the money to support and pay
for things that will benefit her. Far better
to be able to meet her needs myself than
look for support to come from county
funds.
Disagree My ex husband only pays £ 78 p/week for
3 children. I can't feed them on it. Never
mind school trips & clothes. Council tax is
another headache bill for a single mother.
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree n/a
Disagree n/a
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree n/a
Disagree N/A
Disagree n/a
Disagree N/A Mrs Smiths son would be
contributing to local services. The
maintenance is for the children not to pay
the binman.
Disagree Nil effect
Disagree NO AFFECT
Disagree No affect
Disagree No affect. No children.
Disagree No change for me
Disagree No change.
Disagree No effect
Disagree Not affect me.
Disagree Not affected
Disagree Not affected
Disagree Not applicable to me
Disagree Not at all
Disagree not at all
Disagree Not directly but I can see it would affect
low income families.
Disagree Not in receipt of benefit - no affect
Disagree Principle1 states that - all working age
people should contribute towards their
council tax. Children are not of working
age, yet by this proposal are being asked
to do so ... albeit it indirectly.
Disagree Single parents should not be penalizes
and nor should the children, which is what
will happen
Disagree Support would be reduced
Disagree The child would suffer with less money
coming in
Disagree The effect is on the child
Disagree The idea of child maintenance is to assist
in the daily upbringing of a child and not to
be given in one hand and taken away with
the other. Not enough people look after
their children to a high level as it is - this
gives them greater reason not to! This
would greatly affect our income as we
struggle now.
Disagree This is again exclusive as non parents are
excused.
Disagree This proposal would not affect me.
Disagree This proposal would not directly affect
me, I do not have children. I do, however,
think that child maintenance should NOT
be taken into account with regards to the
calculation of Council Tax Benefit. If the
maintenance benefit is used correctly
(and I know this is difficult to
achieve/monitor) it should be used directly
on and for the child(ren), not to go on
Council Tax.
Disagree This would not affect me
Disagree This would not affect me
Disagree This would not affect me
Disagree This would not affect me as I do not get
money from my son's father for his care.
Disagree WEe try to help my son who is a parent to
two boys,. He is on low income
Disagree Will not affect me
Disagree Will not affect me
Disagree will not affect me
Disagree Will not affect me.
Disagree Will Not. This should not be taken from
the child allowance, The former partner
should pay an additional contribution
separately.
Disagree Would have thought that a payment had
been awarded as being neccessary
Disagree Would not affect me as I don't have
children.
Disagree Would not affect me as I pay full Council
Tax
Disagree Would not affect me but this should be
means tested if put in effect & low income
single parents exempted.
Disagree Would not affect me, single man living
alone.
Disagree Would not affect me.
Disagree would not effect me but would several
friends who are allready struggling
financially
Disagree wouldn't affect me, but is picking on the
children who may not get maintenance
regularly anyway if the man is unreliable.
Disagree Yes as above
Strongly Agree Above the tax exemption allownace level
ALL income should be counted. Income
is everything coming in on which you live.
Strongly Agree Again, what am I agreeing to? I am
strongly in favour of the proposed
scheme.
Strongly Agree All income should be taken into account
including savings. some absent parents
pay nothing so the primary carer is worse
off than those receiving maintenance
payments.
Strongly Agree All income should be taken into account
when benefits are calculated. It's still an
income.
Strongly Agree all income should be taken into
consideration
Strongly Agree All income should be used providing the
maintenance is paid on a regular basis. I
do not understand why its not counted.
Its an income.
Strongly Agree All income should count, it's fair. Except
child benefit which is specifiaclly aimed at
child - not the house.
Strongly Agree ALL money coming into the house by
EVERYONE who lives at that property
should be assessed to calculate what
must be paid.
Strongly Agree All my income is taken into account so
should be same for everyone
Strongly Agree All my income is taken into account. So
same for everyone
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree as above
Strongly Agree As above, no direct impact upon me, but
income, or available finance, should be a
common factor for all.
Strongly Agree As per principle 1. Child maintenance
payments are income so should be taken
into account when assessing council tax
liability.
Strongly Agree As principle 1
Strongly Agree because every one should paid
somethink
Strongly Agree Child maintenance should be included
because it is money received.
Strongly Agree Child maintence is another income and
the majority of the time goes into the
household budget towards bills, food etc
and then if any money is left it may be
used toward the child / children. This will
not affect my circumstances.
Strongly Agree Chils maintenance is an income so shoud
be taken into account.
Strongly Agree Ditto
Strongly Agree does not
Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree DOES NOT AFFECT ME BUT VERY
UNFAIRSOMEBODY CAN RECEIVE
MORE BENEFITS THAN I EARN. tOTAL
INCOME MUST BE CONSIDERED
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect our household as we pay
100%
Strongly Agree Does not as child now an adult, but
believe it should as there should be an
equal playing field.
Strongly Agree Doesn't affect me. but maintenance
should be counted
Strongly Agree Ex wives should not be responsible for
errors of his former room mates. What is
left for children.
Strongly Agree Her child then she should pay
Strongly Agree I am incredulous that all income is
currently not taken into account and 20p
in the £ 1 is a minimal reduction.
Strongly Agree I do not have children as I cannot afford
them at present and therefore use
'protection' as I am a responsible
individual. Child maintenance is to help
support the upbringing of the child in the
absence of the wage packet from the
other (ex)partner. Therefore why should
that be exempt from benefit calculations?
If Mr Smith was living in the same house
and paying Mrs Smith £ 25 'chores'
money then that would be counted. So
yes, child maintenance does need to be
counted.
Strongly Agree I do not receive any Council Tax Benefit
so would not directly affect me
Strongly Agree I don't get payments made to me ignored
when calculating income tax, why should
they get money and it be ignored and we
tax payers pay more?
Strongly Agree I f a household recieve chid maintenance
this shoukld be taken into account as it is
extra imcome. No one in our hosuehold
receives child maintenance,
Strongly Agree I have 1 kid and would be worse off but I
should contribute.
Strongly Agree I have no children
Strongly Agree i have to divulge any extra income I
receive toqualify for housing benefit so of
course she should divulge details of other
income not faitr otherwise
Strongly Agree I think all sources of income should be
considered when calculating all benefits.
Strongly Agree i will not be affected as i neither receive
nor pay maintenance
Strongly Agree If it is ignored they could be getting
hundreds of pounds a week and still claim
benefit. I think all income should be
accounted for so people who work don't
have to pay an unfairly large part of the
bill.
Strongly Agree If it is income then there should be a
payment towards council tax.
Strongly Agree If you cannot afford children then you
should not have them. Parents receive
Council Services and should there
contribute to there cost.
Strongly Agree It doesn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It doesn't.
Strongly Agree It is an income so shoud be included.
Strongly Agree It will not affect me
Strongly Agree it wont
Strongly Agree It won't
Strongly Agree it would mean mrs smith making some
contribution to local services.
Strongly Agree It would mean that I do not have to pay as
much for those who choose to have
children and then abandon them. I do not
have any of my own and therefore
subsidise those that do.
Strongly Agree it would not
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me at all. It does
however seem to be a waste of money for
national government to give with one
hand while local government takes some
of it back with the other. Silly but
necessary, unfortunately.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not but I agree ALL income
should be included as there is no
incentive for people to consider working /
getting out of the benefit trap.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree It wouldn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't but I think it's fair that child
maintenance is taking into account.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't.
Strongly Agree Maintenance SHOULD be taken ino
account. Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree More money would be available for othr
essential services for the benefit of the
wider community
Strongly Agree Mrs Smith recieves the income, it is better
than earned as it is tax free (Others have
paid the tax).
Strongly Agree My Council Tax bill will not be so high
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree n/p
Strongly Agree na
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Na
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree No
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No Affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree no affect7
Strongly Agree No direct effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree No effect on me
Strongly Agree No efffect
Strongly Agree No idea at this stage. Irrelevant anyway
as principles behind proposals are what is
needed
Strongly Agree None
Strongly Agree Not
Strongly Agree Not
Strongly Agree Not @ all
Strongly Agree Not affect me.
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected.
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all as I do not receive any benefits
Strongly Agree Not at all other than the implementation of
a fairer system with the effect of reducing
the onus on those of us who pay our
council tax in full.
Strongly Agree Not at all.
Strongly Agree Not at all. Income is income.
Strongly Agree not atall
Strongly Agree Not on benefits but don't see why we
should ignore extra payments receive by
people that can be £ 300 per month.
Strongly Agree Not personally affected, but believe it
reinforces a feeling of belonging to the
community
Strongly Agree Not relevant to me.
Strongly Agree ONCE AGAIN WHY SHOULD OTHER
TAX PAYERS KEEPING FOOTING THE
BILL
Strongly Agree pensioner - 2 in house + 2 pensions
Strongly Agree people should contribute, however great
or small
Strongly Agree see above
Strongly Agree See above - former partners/parents
should be resposible for their children
Strongly Agree Should mean that it will minimise Council
Tax increases.
Strongly Agree The information at HMRC should provide
the necessary data. There is no need to
duplicate this data collection
Strongly Agree The rules for the payment of council tax
should be the same as Income Tax - all
income should be counted.
Strongly Agree There are currently too many benefits.
benefits are too much. Benefits should
be classed as income. This would make
it fairere for me as I do not receive any
benefits, I pay full Council Tax, yet have
no income.
Strongly Agree This does not affect me directly
Strongly Agree This proposal does not affect me.
Strongly Agree This proposal would not affect me directly
Strongly Agree this would affect me i dont get enough
maintenance as it is
Strongly Agree This would have no affest to me, but I feel
that there should be some disregard from
the income of the person paying the child
maintenance.
Strongly Agree This would only affect me by virtue of not
increasing the general council tax rates
Strongly Agree was surprised that this was not the case
already; other money should be
considered.
Strongly Agree We are childless (not by choice) and
families get an incredible amount of
benefits, if we had children we would be
better off but because we are unable to
have children we get nothing, no support.
I strongly believe that all income should
be taken into consideration when
calculating benefits of any kind.
Strongly Agree We are pensionners and receive no
allowances
Strongly Agree Why are child maintenance ignored. So
your saying that a lady down the road
works part time and single mum gets a lot
of tax credits as husband left and
maintenance of £ 70 per week and help
with Council tax.Maintenance should be
considered
Strongly Agree Will not affect me as both of my children
are grown up.
Strongly Agree Wont affect me at all. Income is income.
Strongly Agree Would have no effect
Strongly Agree Would not
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Wouldn't affect me
Strongly Agree yes
Strongly Disagree £ 5 a week is alot of money.
Strongly Disagree Allowances under whatever name is all
taken in account anyway.
Strongly Disagree Any maintenance paid is exactly what it
says it is - it is to pay for the needs of the
child!
Strongly Disagree As a single parent I already work part time
& pay towards ny council tax bill.
Reducing my benefits due to child
maintenance would make life financially
difficult.
Strongly Disagree as above
Strongly Disagree As someone who finds getting money out
of my ex like taking blood from a stone
anything I can get is much needed. I DO
work and have raised 3 kids alone with
little support. My ex pays for my
daughters bus pass to college (a whole £
60 a month) and now you want to take
that too?
Strongly Disagree because i am on ESA and DLA
Strongly Disagree Being single this would not effect me but
this proposal is once again hitting those
who need help, the above example shows
that the child would suffer this payment is
not for the parent therefore this should not
be placed in the calculation of income
Strongly Disagree Cannot answer this question without
knowing other income details.
Strongly Disagree Chikldren & any monies designated for
them should be kept exempt
Strongly Disagree Child benefit is provided to contribute to
the great expense of child upkeep. Taxing
this benefit is wholly inappropriate. This
would cost me money.
Strongly Disagree Child benefit is to help with supporting
families with children. School uniform etc
costs enough & bring up kids this
shouldn't be taken away.
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is for childrens need -
they aren't of working age and money is
for clothing/food etc for them. Children
need more than double a cm sum spent
towards there needs each month.
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is for the CHILD not to
bail out a Council that made extremely
poor decisions regarding investments and
employment of expensive consultants to
do the jobs that council employees should
do!
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is for the children,
food, clothing etc. This should not be
changed. I have an autistic child and his
maintenance pays for clothing food and
other items I need to buy for him.
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is purely for the childs
needs not for the household.
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is solely for the
children!! and should stay that way.
Strongly Disagree Child maintenance is to support the child!
Mother sometimes rely on this to feed and
clothe their child.
Strongly Disagree child maintenance should go towards
things the child needs, school uniform etc
Strongly Disagree Child maintenence is nothing to do with
bill. When you get little amounts of
maintenance that is for the children. It
would effect my childrens clubs &
swimming lessons etc.
Strongly Disagree COUNCIL BENEFIT IS THE ONLY
THING MUMS GET THAT IS NOT
TAKEN
Strongly Disagree CSA is for the child NOT the property.
This calculation would result in a huge
change for me financially.
Strongly Disagree Disgusting - that money is for the child.
Strongly Disagree Ditto
Strongly Disagree DLA and other disability benefits should
not be taken into account
Strongly Disagree Do not see why my maintenance has
anything to do with council tax.
Strongly Disagree DOES NOT AFFECT ME BUT
MAINTENANCE FOR CHILDREN IS
SUPPOSED TO BUY THEM SHOES,
CLOTHES - NOT PAY C TAX
Strongly Disagree doesnt but why should the money bein
paid for a childs upkeep be then taken
away to pay for council tax ? !!!
Strongly Disagree Don't get maintenance but unfair that you
are taking from the child
Strongly Disagree Due to low income we are finding it very
hard to pay the bills and buy food and on
our childs school clothes.
Strongly Disagree Having been a one parent faimly
supporting my two children, every penny
counts and anyway it is child
maintenance which should be used to
support the child.
Strongly Disagree I am a single mum with 2 kids & receive
the minimum child maintenance
Strongly Disagree I am not guaranteed CSA every week so
if I don't get it then I have to go through all
the hassle of having my council tax
recalculated.
Strongly Disagree I am owed child maintenance but get
nothing. Agree in principle. This would
only work when responsible non-resident
parents pay. I think you should work with
the CSA on this. I think that Child
Maintenance should be declared, and if
over a certain amount (i.e. £ 40 a week
for 2 children) a nominal amount of
Council Tax should be paid. If the
resident parent has to resort to the CSA
through failing to get Child Maintenance
through a family arrangement the parent
with care should not be penalised by
having to pay extra council tax and having
to pay for the inadequacies of the father.
Why not put an extra charge on the
father's property.
Strongly Disagree I am replying on behalf of an organisation
and it will affect individual members
differently.
Strongly Disagree I am sure Mrs Smith will need that £ 5 for
her child.
Strongly Disagree I currentky receive £ 150 a month to feed,
clothe and try to provide for my 2 children -
this doesn't meet their needs as it is.
Under the new scheme I would be £ 30 a
monthw orse off just by this proposal
happening. It's not fair!
Strongly Disagree I do not agree because child maintenance
is for support of the children to provide for
the children. If I were receiving child
maintenance my children would not need
to wear broken shoes or torn clothes
which they are doing, so I disagree.
Strongly Disagree I do not receive maintenance payments. I
cannot think that I could afford less
money to live on from Income Support
than I currently receive.
Strongly Disagree I don't agree cause this money isn't for
me it's for my child so why should it be
included when calculating council tax.
Strongly Disagree I don't agree with this as I don't think it
should count we rely on this to help with
our kids if that's the case we should get
more CSA to help with housing our kids.
Strongly Disagree I don't believe in taking money away from
childrens needs
Strongly Disagree I don't receive any money from a partner.
Strongly Disagree I don't think it's fair to charge people for
looking after their child
Strongly Disagree I have a small maintenance and I still
struggle with money as the cost of living
has gone up.
Strongly Disagree I have friends with children whose child
benefits have reently been reduced by £
80 a month. How is she supposed to feed
her children now? Adding to her stress y
taking away another £ 20 a month is
putting her in an impossible situation...
especially when food prices have
increased so it costs her an extra £ 20 a
week to buy food now. PEOPLE ARE
DESPERATE!
Strongly Disagree I have no children but that doesn't mean
others have to suffer.
Strongly Disagree I receive £ 3.68 a week for my two
children so this wouldn't affect me much
but I feel strongly that the money paid as
child maintenance should be spent on the
children.
Strongly Disagree I receive a similar amount of child
maintenance, which her father gladly pays
because he knows it goes to her. This
money is genuinely used for extras for
her. Brownies, swimming lessons, music
etc. It's not up to her father to pay my
council tax. There maybe people who
receive alot of child maintenance - so
perhaps a limit is needed before benefit is
reduced. I accept that I need to pay my
council tax & I do - most of it. But please
do not ask my 6 year old to contribute.
Strongly Disagree I receive maintenance from ex partner
which I pay for clothes,food,school trips
Strongly Disagree I receive minimal child maintenance
which contributes to the substantial costs
of raising my son with very little income.
Strongly Disagree I use that money to buy my kids shoes, as
they are growing and their feet are getting
bigger.
Strongly Disagree I would be struggling to live being a single
mum.
Strongly Disagree I would be unhappy to see the
maintenance for a child reduced because
of the cost of the council tax of £ 25 per
month deducted from the child
maintenance. It is for child costs and not
council tax.
Strongly Disagree I would have to cut back on something
else and children would suffer
Strongly Disagree I would not be directly affected by this
proposal but feel the wealthiest are in the
best position to pay more so a new top
band of Council Tax needs to be
introduced e.g. Band I 20/9, or the
multipliers increased at the top end
Strongly Disagree If Mrs Smith receives £ 25 a week
maintenance for her son then we must
assume this has been fairly calculated
and to reduce the amount of money
available to support her son would be to
risk forcing him into child poverty.
Strongly Disagree If the absent parent stops paying as there
is no court or CSA arrangement this could
have a detrimental effect on an already
low income.
Strongly Disagree In families living in poverty all increases in
costs have a significant effect. As child
maintenance is for the child's benefit then
this would be requiring children to pay
council tax.
Strongly Disagree In less well off families thsi would mean
that the children go without even more
which makes their situation worse.
Strongly Disagree It is expensive bringing up children, this
money is for her son
Strongly Disagree It will not!
Strongly Disagree It won't, my children are grown up, but it
will impact all children!! Shame it had to
come to this after wasting so much
money on the events (olympics & jubilee)
of 2012. Someones got to pay - shame
it's not the government & their posh cars
& houses!!
Strongly Disagree It won't. But I am worried about child
poverty, certain parents will still drink and
smoke, may limit food/clothin g to their
children.
Strongly Disagree It would still leave me to struggle
Strongly Disagree It wouldn't affect me.
Strongly Disagree It would'nt.
Strongly Disagree Leave Child maintenance alone this is
the fairest benefit children will suffer if
child maintenance is cut.
Strongly Disagree Less money for the child
Strongly Disagree Living costs & bills & raising family costs
Strongly Disagree maintance is for the children this is wrong
Strongly Disagree Maintenance for children should be
entitled
Strongly Disagree Maintenance is for the welfare and
upkeep for your children. WHY TAKE
FROM OUR CHILDREN AND NOT
FROM THE ONES THAT OUR
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING OUR
COUNTRY
Strongly Disagree Maintenance is paid for children and their
welfare. This is so wrong and should
have nothing to do with how much council
tax you pay. That is like children paying
tax (stealing food from babies mouths).
NO NO NO. I get maintenance for my
daughter and every little penny goes to
her.
Strongly Disagree MAINTENANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
FOR TH CHILD AND AMENITIES
Strongly Disagree maintenance payments should never be
included as they are solely for the benefit
of the children. Also maintenance is not a
portion of my income that can ever be
relied on.
Strongly Disagree Maintenance should be for children ie
clothes, food and not for paying a
household bill!
Strongly Disagree Many maintenance payments are not
made.
Strongly Disagree Mr and my partner would still find it
difficult to make this sort of payment.
Strongly Disagree Mrs Smith shouldn't suffer through her ex
partner in way of paying CTAX.
Strongly Disagree Mums need all the money they can get.
Bringing up children on their own is not
easy. Why pay for useless services when
it can be spent on your child
Strongly Disagree My child maintenance is not taken into
account - the more I have to pay for
council tax the less I can pay other things
Strongly Disagree My ex-husband paid maintenance in a
lump sum and I would really struggle to
pay more council tax.
Strongly Disagree My former partner owes me money and I
have been fighting for years. It's my sons
money so why shouldI or he not get full
entitlement. CHILD maintenance!!! Not
COUNCIL TAX maintenance.
Strongly Disagree My partners pay money in form of child
maintenance in order for me to feed &
cloth my children, if this was taken I
wouldn't be able to feed them etc.
Strongly Disagree My wife is on a low income and has our
daughter for at least 4 days a week.
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A - But I think this is very unfair as this
money should be there for the children it
is paid for.
Strongly Disagree N/A. However strong belief that child
maintenace is for ebnefit of the child not
to cover incraese incoem for council.
Strongly Disagree No - only that from adukts living in the
home.
Strongly Disagree No - only that from adults living in the
home.
Strongly Disagree no change
Strongly Disagree No children
Strongly Disagree None
Strongly Disagree None yet but it can later.
Strongly Disagree Not at all
Strongly Disagree not at all
Strongly Disagree Not at all, but child maintenance is for the
maintenance of children, not for funding
local government services
Strongly Disagree Not sure at the moment.
Strongly Disagree Once again this would hurt me and my
son
Strongly Disagree Parents need every penny they can get
Strongly Disagree Parents on a lower income use this
money to clothe their children.
Strongly Disagree people on Council Tax Support are not
earning a lot of money... a household may
be earning something but not a fortune...
simply enough to live without a struggle.
Richer people like me can pay more to
increase the income from Council Tax..
Strongly Disagree Significantly.
Strongly Disagree T o keep a child costs more than £ 25
per week
Strongly Disagree Tax would go up
Strongly Disagree That money is to provide food, clothing,
nappies etc for the children. This would
be like taking food out of my childs
mouth!
Strongly Disagree The maintenance money I receive from
my husband keeps us a float, if I didn't
have that we would barely survive
Strongly Disagree The absent partner does not always keep
payments of maintenance up, but the
council tax would always expect to be
paid. Only work if maintenance was 100%
regular
Strongly Disagree The cost of bringing up children is rising.
The amount of child maintenance
received is pitance in comparison to the
cost. The government have already got
rid of to ensure absent parents pay.
Why should I be penalised for caring for
my children. I would have to work more
hours to cover the difference to which you
would then take away more benefit for !!
Strongly Disagree The father of my children isn't reliable with
child maintenance because he is in and
out of work most of the time.
Strongly Disagree The maintenance money/any money is
very hard to manage. It's for the child. £ 5
does not sound much but when we
already count every penny it is hard.
Strongly Disagree The mobney that is received in
maintenance pays my bills and what's left
is for the children
Strongly Disagree Think again. Worse off as this is a childs
money and not for council. This is why
this get paid for child/children.
Strongly Disagree This doesn't affect me, but i do know of
people who have difficulty getting money
off their ex partner for their children and
therefore struggle to manage, so this
would make matters worse!
Strongly Disagree This is a disgraceful proposal - child
maintenance has been set for the care of
a child - not to pay Council tax.
Strongly Disagree This is money meant for the maintenance
and care of a child - how an individual
parent chooses to spend this can not be
legislated for. Therefore this proposal has
the potential to increase rates of child
poverty, in Mrs Smiths case, by £ 5 per
week. Again, the example makes no
reference to the personal financial
circumstances of Mrs Smith so a clear
judgement is not possible for this
consultation.
Strongly Disagree This is outrageous. maintenance is for the
child to provide food, water, clothes and a
roof over their head. It is difficult enough
to get maintenance from ex-partners to
then take an amount of that is despicable.
Strongly Disagree This is taking money from the people that
need it the most.
Strongly Disagree This money is for the child. I don't think
money should be taken away from
children. The proposal does not affect
me.
Strongly Disagree This money should be spent on their
children.
Strongly Disagree This money should be used for children
Strongly Disagree This money was given by parliament to
CHILDREN not to be spent on council
wages & pensions where most of the
money goes!
Strongly Disagree This will not affect me in person but I think
that money is given to provide for the
child
Strongly Disagree This would not affect me
Strongly Disagree This would not affect me
Strongly Disagree To include child maintenance and child
benefit would be unfair to child
Strongly Disagree Unfair on children under this proposal.
Why should children pay council tax.
Strongly Disagree Unfair to include the money purely
intended for children
Strongly Disagree Unlikely to affect me
Strongly Disagree We do not have children therefore this
would not affect us.
Strongly Disagree Whats the point of giving the help towards
child maintenance if its just going to be
deducted by council tax?!
Strongly Disagree Whilst I receive no maintenance from my
sons mother the example shows that the
child is targeted. us single parents hace
children without support network of
conventional families, often having
children with needs affected by family
break up.
Strongly Disagree Why should people on low incmes be
penalised also pensioners.
Strongly Disagree Will affect our childrens education and
daily life
Strongly Disagree Will not affect me - money paid for the
care of children should not be included.
Strongly Disagree Will not affect me but payment should be
based on size of property
Strongly Disagree Would affect me
Strongly Disagree Wouldn't affect me
Strongly Disagree Wouldn't affect me i pay full council tax.
Strongly Disagree Wouldn't be able to pay anymore bills
Strongly Disagree yes if they earn a wage
Doesn't affect me.
Don't have any children.
extra £ 10 could be alot of money
I do not receive child maintenance.
I receive maintenance but this is not
guarenteed income. I have had to chase
my ex partner for money,. This could
cause budgeting problems
I think maintenance should be for children
Income is income whatever the source
Maintenance is paid for the child's
upkeep, Council Tax is not payable by
children so should not play any part in the
parent's income.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Agree £ 3 is not to bad.
Agree Again this payment is made
to help with continuing with
her life style and as such this
payment should be included
Agree all benefits should be
included.
Agree All income should be
included.
Agree All income should be taken
into consideration
regardless!
Agree All money earned shoud be
included
Agree although i don't technically
agree. it would be better than
the child bing penalised.
Agree As above
Agree as above
Agree As above
Agree As above as a general
Council Tax payer without
benefit.
Agree As above.
Agree As above. All income should
be calculated as
contributable at 100%.
People need to work for a
living, not heavily subsidised.
Agree Do not know
Agree Does not
Agree Does not affect
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Does not affect me. If Mrs
Smith is working and
receiving a weekly wage £
215.00 after stoppages then
that £ 25.00 is extra and
should be calculated as
such.
Agree Does not affect our
household
Agree Doesn't
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Principle 2 - All income should be taken into account
Proposal C - Include all Adult Maintenance when
calculating Council Tax support
Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Everyone should pay a little.
Agree I cannot comment upon this
proposal because I have ni
idea what adult maintenance
is, however I presume it is
extra money soemone would
be receiving & therefore as
in poropsal B I would tend to
agree.
Agree I do not receive adult
maintenance so this would
not affect me. But council
tax is another bill like, water,
electricity. tv licence, which
as an adult we have to pay.
Agree I have to pay something in
way of council tax.
Agree I think all income should be
taken into account BUT if
people are on very low
incomes they should not
have to pay more council
tax.
Agree I will not be affected but this
seems fairer than other
methods.
Agree I would pay less than
proposal B
Agree If a partner is working and
receiving maintenance then
it should be taken into
account, but if the partner is
unemployed then no.
Agree Impact on my council tax
payments.
Agree In this area all the payments
are so low
Agree It doesn't
Agree it does'nt
Agree It doesn't affect me at all.
Agree It doesn't affect me but i
don't see why all income isn't
taken into account anyway
Agree It doesn't.
Agree it is difficult to agree or
disagree to this proposal
unless we know more about
circumstances of family
Agree It will not affect me
Agree It won't affect me as I don't
get council tax benefit but it
is still part of the claimants
income so I believe it should
be included.
Agree It won't.
Agree It won't.
Agree It won't.
Agree It won't.
Agree It would not
Agree It would not
Agree it would not
Agree It would not affect me
Agree it would not affect me
Agree It would not affect me but
this example is too loose. Is
Mrs Smith of working age or
retired? I disagree with
'blanket' decisions.
Agree It would not affect me.
Agree It would not.
Agree It would not.
Agree It wouldn't
Agree It wouldn't
Agree It wouldn't affect me but
adult maintenance is to the
adults lifestyle inc home.
Agree It wouldn't affect me directly.
'Mrs Smith' is of working age
and council tax effects all
ADULTS.
Agree It wouldn't affect me
financially.
Agree It wouldn't affect me.
Agree Maybe possible to achieve
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree n/a
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree n/a
Agree N/A
Agree n/a
Agree N/A - I don't receive
maintenance.
Agree n/p
Agree Nil effect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No affect
Agree No change.
Agree No direct effect
Agree no effect
Agree No effect
Agree No effect
Agree No effect on me
Agree No effect.
Agree No effect.
Agree None
Agree Not
Agree not
Agree not
Agree Not affect me
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not affected
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree not at all
Agree Not at all
Agree Not at all.
Agree Not at all.
Agree Not at all.
Agree not directly affected
Agree Once again EVERYONE
should pay something.
Agree retired
Agree That would be ok as long as
maintenance was in payment
regularly.
Agree THE HOME IS USED AS
THE BASIS FOR
DETERMINING COUNCIL
TAX, SO TOTAL INCOME
SHOULD BE COUNTED
Agree The maintenance I did NOT
receive was taken into
consideration from time to
time, so I am sure
maintenance you Do receive
should
Agree The proposal would not
affect me.
Agree This does not affect me
Agree This does not affect me.
Agree This does not affect me.
Agree this does not affect our
situation
Agree This does not currently affect
me.
Agree This doesn't affect me.
Agree in principle. Spousal
maintenance is regarded as
income and is paid to the
spouse who has given up
work in order to bring up
their children, resulting in a
career break, often of many
years, and affecting their
ability to ear a living wage. I
agree that any ex-spouse
lucky enough to be paid this
should pay a little extra in
Council Tax.
Agree THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
NOT AFFECT ME
Agree this proposal would not affect
me
Agree This proposal would not
affect me.
Agree This proposal would not
affect me.
Agree this wont affect me
Agree This would not affect me
Agree This would not affect me
Agree This would not affect me
Agree This would not affect me at
all.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree This would not affect me.
Agree this would not affect my
family at present.
Agree This would not affect us
personally but if the person
is of working age and has no
clear reason to not work then
it is a good idea. the
scheme need to ensure it is
not aimed at people who are
genuinely unable to work,
rather than a sweeping
gesture involving everybody.
Agree This would not directly affect
me.
Agree This wouldn't affect me.
Agree unaffected
Agree We are all in this together
Agree We are not affected.
Agree We don't understand why
someone would pay
maintenance for an adult.
As this is an icome like child
maintenance it should be
included. This doesn't apply
to us but would be
acceptable if it did.
Agree Why would an adult get
maintence from aformer
partner? Maintenance is for
the children!
Agree will help to stop council tax
going up for everyone
Agree Will not affect me
Agree will not affect me
Agree Will Not. Why penalise
solely Mrs Smith? The
former partner should have
some obligation so the
increase should be a joint
responsibility. Considering
this the former partner
should provide the additional
50% contribution by way of
an increased payment. In
the example Mrs Smith
would contribute the £ 1,50
and her former partner would
contribute £ 1.50.
Agree Would have no affect on me
personally but I agree with
the proposal
Agree Would it not be easier to
deduct it from the £ 15. But
yes, anybody receiving £ 25
per week without
dependants is blessed!
Agree Would not
Agree Would not affect me
Agree Would not affect me
Agree Would not affect me as I
don't get it.
Agree Would not affect me as there
is no maintenance payment.
Agree Would not affect me but
adults do not need as much
material items such as
clothes through growing etc.
Agree Would not affect me.
Agree Would not affect me.
Agree Would not affect me.
Agree wouldn't
Agree Wouldn't affect me
Agree Wouldn't affect me but the
amount is reasonable to lose
a week although still seems
unfair.
Disagree Again it won't affect me but I
can see single parents
suffering in future.
Household bills and
shopping isn't going down
but incoming moneys will be.
Disagree Again, it depends on the
circumstances of the
individual.
Disagree At present my wife & I do not
need or claim any
maintenance benefit but both
being in our 70's that
situation may change in the
future. As we are on a fixed
pension income we need to
consider this option.
Disagree Because people can't afford
it.
Disagree But is maintenance included
in the calculation of other
benefits? If it is counted
often enough Mrs Smith
would be better off not
receiving maintenance.
Disagree Depend if the ex partner is
well paid
Disagree Do not receive adult
maintenance
Disagree Do not see why my
maintenance has anything to
do with council tax.
Disagree Does not affect me
Disagree Does not affect me.
Disagree Does not affect me. One
assumes 'adult maintenance'
is deemed necessary or it
would not be awarded; but
perhaps reverse the £ 10/£
15 p.w. proportions?
Disagree DOES NOT AFFECT US
Disagree Does not apply to me
Disagree Doesn't affect me but this
shouldn't be touched.
Disagree Doesn't affect me but why
should someone forced to
support another adult be
insulted by that support
being taxed.
Disagree Doesn't affect me.
Disagree Doesn't affect us.
Disagree Don't know what adult
maintenance is? So can't
comment.
Disagree I don't agree that the poor
should pay for the mistakes
of the government. CUT A
FEW CONSULTANTS AND
INEFFICIENT POLICIES
BEFORE YOU PENALISE
THE POOR.
Disagree I don't receive maintenance.
Disagree I have to pay something in
way of council tax.
Disagree I would not be directly
affected by this proposal but
feel the wealthiest are in the
best position to pay more so
a new top band of Council
Tax needs to be introduced
e.g. Band I 20/9, or the
multipliers increased at the
top end
Disagree It doesn't
Disagree It doesn't but see my answer
to A
Disagree It won't - but I wonder how it
can be operated fairly when
so many people entitled to
maintenance payments don't
always actually receive them
Disagree It wouldn't
Disagree It wouldn't.
Disagree It wouln't i pay full council
tax.
Disagree May need all this money to
supprt themselves
Disagree Minus £ 3 a week £ 12 a
month can be a huge
difference on weekly bills,
food. Being able to save for
a new essential
cooker/washing machine or
get repaired.
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree N/A
Disagree n/a
Disagree N/A As above
Disagree No affect
Disagree No change
Disagree Not affect me.
Disagree Not at all
Disagree Not at all
Disagree not at all
Disagree Not in receipt of
maintenance - no affect
Disagree Not sure I understand htis
but the above still applies.
Disagree Not sure.
Disagree Only work if maintenance
was 100% regular
Disagree People on benefits no matter
where the income is from
shouldn't be on more than
people working - There is no
incentive to worl anymore.
Disagree same as above box
Disagree See proposal two.
Disagree This doesn't affect me.
Disagree This proposal will not affect
me.
Disagree This will only bring about
further family strife, the
receiver may well resort to
the courts in an attempt to
maintain their lifestyle
Disagree This would not affect me.
Disagree This wouldn't actually affect
me as I don't receive
anything from my ex partner
to support me. I have to work
to support myself.
Disagree Unable to comment as
example does not provide a
broader explanation as to
why the maintenance is
payable.
Disagree Why £ 15 and not £ 150
Disagree Will not affect me
Disagree Will not affect me.
Disagree Will not affect me. This
answer , as all of them are
difficult to answer as the
other circumstances are
unknown.
Disagree Would not affect me as I pay
full Council Tax
Disagree wouldn't affect me
Strongly Agree Again, what am I agreeing
to? I am strongly in favour of
the proposed scheme.
Strongly Agree Again, why should they have
income ignored?
Strongly Agree All income should be
accounted to show fairness.
Strongly Agree all income should be taken
into consideration
Strongly Agree All income should be used,
again I do not understand
why this has never been in
place. Anything extra I earn
is used in my calculations
and so this should apply to
all. Including DLA, etc. many
of the benefit payments are
much more than you can
earn by going out to work.
Strongly Agree answer as above
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree As above
Strongly Agree as above
Strongly Agree as above
Strongly Agree as above - ALL income
should be included. This will
not affect me.
Strongly Agree As above it is still a income.
Strongly Agree As above, no direct impact
but my comments for
Proposal B apply
Strongly Agree As above.
Strongly Agree As Mrs Smith
receivesmaintenance from
her former partner this
income should be taken into
account for CT purposes. It
would only affect me if I had
to bear the cost of all Mrs
Smith's CT.
Strongly Agree Being a pensioner Would not
affect me.
Strongly Agree Consistent with comments in
rule 1 & 2
Strongly Agree Ditto
Strongly Agree ditto
Strongly Agree does not
Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Does not affect me. I think it
is fair however.
Strongly Agree Doesn't affect me.
Strongly Agree Don't agree with adult
maintenance,. A former
partner should not be liable
for future maintenance
Strongly Agree I do not receive any Council
Tax Benefit so would not
directly affect me
Strongly Agree I pay maintenance and
believe this should be
included fully.
Strongly Agree I strongly believe that all
income should be taken into
consideration when
calculating benefits of any
kind.
Strongly Agree I think Mrs Smith should pay
more because she is
receiving extra money
Strongly Agree i will not be affected as i
neither receive nor pay
maintenance
Strongly Agree If all income is used in the
calculation then we are all
treated fairly.
Strongly Agree Income taken into account
Strongly Agree it doesn't
Strongly Agree It doesn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It doesnt.
Strongly Agree It will not!
Strongly Agree It will not. income is income.
Strongly Agree it wont
Strongly Agree It won't
Strongly Agree It would help to keep my
Council Tax payment to a
reasonable level.
Strongly Agree It would mean that I do not
have to pay as much for
those who choose to
abandon their partners. I
have been married for 31
years and have found that
relationships need
commitment.
Strongly Agree it would not
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree it would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree It would not affect me
personally.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Strongly Agree It would'nt
Strongly Agree It wouldn't affect me.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't as I do not receive
any.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't be I think it's fair
that all maintenance is taken
into account.
Strongly Agree It wouldn't.
Strongly Agree More money would be
available for other essential
services for the benefirt of
the wider community
Strongly Agree Mrs Smith recieves the
income, it is better than
earned as it is tax free
(Others have paid the tax).
Strongly Agree Mrs smiths former partner
should make up the
difference.
Strongly Agree My Council Tax bill will not
be so high
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree n/a
Strongly Agree N/A.
Strongly Agree N/A I would like to think if
these people are having to
pay more in C/Tax then
maybe those of us have low
income jobs will pay less to
make it worth working in first
place.
Strongly Agree na
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Na
Strongly Agree NA
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree Nil
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree NO AFFECT
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No Affect
Strongly Agree No affect
Strongly Agree No affect as I don't receive
adult maintenance.
Strongly Agree No affect.
Strongly Agree No amount of money, or
assets for that matter, should
be ignored. This would
make a fairer system for me,
as I have to complete with
these people who are
supported by maintenance. I
do not receive benefits or
maintenance.
Strongly Agree No direct effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree no effect
Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree No effect.
Strongly Agree No idea at this stage.
Irrelevant anyway as
principles behind proposals
are what is needed
Strongly Agree None
Strongly Agree Not
Strongly Agree Not @ all
Strongly Agree Not affect me
Strongly Agree Not affect me.
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree not affected
Strongly Agree not affected
Strongly Agree Not affected but as before all
incomes should be taken
into account.
Strongly Agree Not affected.
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all
Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Not at all as I do not receive
any benefits
Strongly Agree Not at all other than to make
the system fairer for all.
Strongly Agree Not relevant to me.
Strongly Agree of couese it should be
included not fair otherwise to
people who declare all
sources income and we all
need to make a contribution.
as a pensioner i still pay c
tax
Strongly Agree Personaaly not ffected, but
feel it will encourage
responsibility and not
penalize fellow tax payers
Strongly Agree see above
Strongly Agree See answers above
Strongly Agree There example show a
contribution to family income.
Again if in receipt of Council
services a contribution to
there cost should be made
Strongly Agree This does not affect me
directly
Strongly Agree This proposal does not affect
me.
Strongly Agree This proposal would not
affect me directly
Strongly Agree this will not affect me.
Strongly Agree This would not affect me.
Strongly Agree This would only affect me by
virtue of not increasing the
general council tax rates
Strongly Agree Total household income
must be included no matter if
its unearned income. Unfair
on people working full tiome
who earn less than all the
benefits
Strongly Agree Wont affect me at all.
Income is income.
Strongly Agree Would have no effect
Strongly Agree Would not
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me as I
don't have no former partner
from whom maintenance is
claimed.
Strongly Agree Would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Wouldn't affect me
Strongly Agree Yes as more than one form
of income coming in. It still
dismisses some of the
money.
Strongly Disagree 20% is a ridiculously high
amount of money! People
who make these decisions
should try living with the
money you are proposing to
leave people with for 1
month.... then see if you
think it is enough.
Strongly Disagree Adult maintenance is
provided to contribute to the
expense of adult
maintenance. Taxing this
benefit is wholly
inappropriate. This would
cost me nothing.
Strongly Disagree Again, targetting the poorest
sections - this time divorced
women. These sums seem
small but when taken out of
next to nothing in the first
place it hits hards. Still
waiting for where the higher
earners pay a larger
proportion....
Strongly Disagree Agian this is an extra income
and should be included when
calculating council tax
benefit. No one recieves this
benefit in our household.
Strongly Disagree As above
Strongly Disagree As above this would make
the same conclusion.
Strongly Disagree As B
Strongly Disagree As before this would hurt
because I can barely make
ends meet on my current
income.
Strongly Disagree as with question 1
Strongly Disagree Disgusting to think that
maintenance, which is usual
no way near the amount it
should be to bring up a child.
So kids again go without &
parents struggle.
Strongly Disagree Ditto
Strongly Disagree Does maintenance still
exist? This looks like making
money appear to exist when
it doesn't. Is maintenance at
that level even reaching
thresholds normally set for
tax? So this is income tax?
But not within the standard
rules? Same impact applies
as above - partner will ask
for more maintenance and
the partner will want more of
their own benefits. Other
cuts will be affecting this
partner, so the proposal is
just a further drain on
resources. Those on beneifts
are not those with lee-way in
spending.
Strongly Disagree Doesn't affect me personally.
Strongly Disagree Every penny is needed,
especiallyy as food & petrol
prices keep going up
Strongly Disagree I am a single mum with 2
kids & receive the minimum
child maintenance
Strongly Disagree I am replying on behalf of an
organisation and it will affect
individual members
differently.
Strongly Disagree I am sure Mrs Smith would
prfere to have the £ 3 a week
for 3 tv dinners
Strongly Disagree I do not receive any adult
maintenance.
Strongly Disagree I do not receive any
maintenance but if I did it
would be a great help to me
and not enough for the
council to take it away from
me. At the present time my
children and I do not buy
fresh fruit and veg as we
should because cost of living
is so expensive and health
wise they are suffering.
Strongly Disagree I do not receive maintenance
from a former partner.
Strongly Disagree I struggle as it is this would
make it worse
Strongly Disagree I would be unhappy to see
the maintenance for a child
reduced because of the cost
of the council tax of £ 25 per
month deducted from the
child maintenance. It is for
child costs and not council
tax.
Strongly Disagree If I was lucky enough to get
money from a former partner
it would be for the children
not me. Just reduce council
tax
Strongly Disagree If Mrs SMITH is on benefits
she has little money. I'm
single and receive nothing
from my ex partner
Strongly Disagree It does not - If you are a lone
parent you are restricted to
the hours you can work, child
care is expensive and non
existent if you work
weekends
Strongly Disagree It doesn't
Strongly Disagree It won't but all the changes
seem to me to only affect the
needy and poor income
people!! Why not hit the rich
who can afford to lose
money!!
Strongly Disagree It's unfair. What about the
people who don't receive
maintenance?
Strongly Disagree Like I said, my children have
to have new clothes, coz
they are growing and they
need things.
Strongly Disagree Low income - struggle in
current climate
Strongly Disagree maintance is for the child
Strongly Disagree Maintenance is to help with
costs iof tghings not be be
taken awy
Strongly Disagree Most families struggle with
paying only a small
percentage of council tax to
then take alout out of child
maintenance will effect them
even more than it already is.
Strongly Disagree Mums need all the money
they can get. Bringing up
children on their own is not
easy. Why pay for useless
services when it can be
spent on your child
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Disagree no change
Strongly Disagree No maintenance - no man -
nothing
Strongly Disagree None
Strongly Disagree not
Strongly Disagree Not at all
Strongly Disagree Not everyone gets money
from ex partners. So there
would be people that would
have to find it else where or
not pay. I don't get money
from an ex
Strongly Disagree Not sure at the moment.
Strongly Disagree Not yet but it might in the
future.
Strongly Disagree Once again children will
suffer if this goes ahead.
Children already bear the
brunt of goverment cuts.
Strongly Disagree Once again the target is the
poor, not the rich. I would
advise anyone who has a
second home should be
charged 5 times the normal
council tax as a dis-
incentive, these homes lie
empty for most of the year
have meant many school
closures and have a
detrimental effect on
community.
Strongly Disagree Same again this is a
separate issue and are
reasons why it gets paid.
Strongly Disagree see above.
Strongly Disagree The council should look at
other cost measures
including 'how much did it
cost to produce this
document and post it'.. How
about civic leaders taking a
cut in pay.
Strongly Disagree the same as the other box's.
Strongly Disagree there are a number of
women like me who are just
getting by on a tiny
allowance. Most of us
choose to manage and not
go on Benefits. Why penalize
us???
Strongly Disagree This would not affect me
Strongly Disagree This would not affect me
Strongly Disagree to far
Strongly Disagree Unfair when trying to bring
up children.
Strongly Disagree Unlikely to affect me
Strongly Disagree We do not have children.
Strongly Disagree What about leaving Mrs
Smith alone. She needs the
money and stop spending
our money on Arms for a
pointless war!
Strongly Disagree What is wrong with you
people.... This makes no
sense at all.... The whoe
point of maintenance is the
partner paying for a child, not
the council. Single parents
don't get much as it is why
would you target them and
their children. They are just
as vulnerable as people on
pension credits. Why would
you not protect people
single Mums and yet protect
pensioners!!!!
Strongly Disagree Why take money from
people who need it
Strongly Disagree Will not affect me but
payment should be based on
size of property
Strongly Disagree Would affect me
Strongly Disagree You would be taken money
from a 7 year old - he is not
liable to pay council tax,
Didn't know adult
maintenance existed!
Doesn't affect me.
Doesn't affect us
Don't understand question
Don't understand the
question.
FAIRER
I don't know what adult
maintenance is all about or
what it is...........
I don't understand what adult
maintenence is........
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Proposal C does not affect
me
This scenario doesn't affect
me
Principle 2 - All income
should be taken into
account Proposal
D1 - Include all Child
Benefit when calulating
Council Tax support
.
Principle 2 - All income
should be taken into
account Proposal
D2 - Ignore Child Benefit
for the first child but
include Child Benefit for
any other children in the
household when calulating
Council Tax support
.
Comments received for
proposal D1 and D2
combined
Agree Agree again child benefit is paid for
the benefit of the child this
includes keeping a roof over
their head
Agree Strongly Disagree All income should be taken
into account.
Agree All income should be taken
into consideration
regardless!
Agree Disagree as above
Agree CONSISTENT WITH RUILE
1
Agree Agree Depends on the
circumstances. I wouldn't be
included because my income
support less £ 10 a week.
Agree Agree Do not know
Agree Agree Does not
Agree Agree Does not affect me.
Agree Disagree Does not affect me.
Agree Disagree Does not affect me.
Agree Strongly Agree Does not apply as we have
no children
Agree Agree Doesn't affect me.
Agree Disagree Everyone with kids gets child
benefit. It is the same for all
so should be taken into
account.
Agree Agree I do not receive any Council
Tax Benefit so would not
directly affect me
Agree Agree I don't have children.
Agree Disagree I have 3 children so this
would increase my payment
amount.
Agree I have 3 children so would
affect me.Only fair if applied
to everyone with children.
Agree Disagree I think all income should be
taken into account BUT if
people are on very low
incomes they should not
have to pay more council
tax.
Agree Agree i will have 2 children by then
so it will affect me
Agree Strongly Agree I would not be directly
affected by this proposal but
feel the wealthiest are in the
best position to pay more so
a new top band of Council
Tax needs to be introduced
e.g. Band I 20/9, or the
multipliers increased at the
top end
Agree Agree If the total eachweek is a
reasonable payable amount
then it should be thought
about
Agree IF THEY EARN ENOUGH,
THEY SHOULD
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
COUNCIL TAX
Agree Strongly Agree It doesn't.
Agree Disagree It won't affect me as I don't
get council tax benefit but it
is still part of the claimants
income so I believe it should
be included.
Agree Strongly Agree It won't affect me, I don't
have children as I can't
afford to start a family yet.
Agree Agree It would
Agree Disagree it would not affect me
Agree Agree It would not affect me.
Agree Disagree It wouldn't affect me
financially.
Agree Strongly Disagree It wouldn't, but I'm concerned
as would lead to people
having more children for
ease on tax.
Agree Agree N/A
Agree N/A
Agree Disagree N/A
Agree Agree N/A
Agree Agree N/A
Agree Disagree N/A
Agree Disagree N/A
Agree Strongly Agree N/A
Agree Agree N/A
Agree Agree N/A
Agree Agree N/A
Agree Strongly Agree NA
Agree Agree Neither proposal would affect
me directly, but I beleive
either would be useful. I
beleive the Council should
make up any shortfall in its
general budget through
efficiency savings.
Agree Agree Nil
Agree Agree No affect
Agree Disagree No affect
Agree Strongly Agree No affected
Agree Agree No change.
Agree Disagree No direct effect
Agree Strongly Agree no effect
Agree Agree No effect on me
Agree Agree No effect.
Agree Disagree No impact on me.
Agree Agree Not
Agree Agree not
Agree Agree not
Agree Disagree not
Agree Strongly Agree Not affect me
Agree Agree Not affected
Agree Disagree Not affected
Agree Strongly Agree Not affected
Agree Agree Not at all
Agree Agree Not at all
Agree Disagree Not at all
Agree Agree not at all
Agree Strongly Agree not currently claiming
Council Tax Benefit. Have
child benefit for 2 children
Agree Strongly Agree not directly affected
Agree Agree Not relevant to me.
Agree Strongly Agree option d is only 2.60 a week
less for them.as with hb
there is a £ 5 disallowed
amount and it is right and
proper to make a
contribution especially if
there are 2 wage earners
plus benefits
Agree Agree same as last box as I can
not afford to pay all council
tax and no even half council
tax.
Agree Agree Seems the fairer way
Agree Agree Thankfully I dont have
children at home.
Agree Disagree The proposal would not
affect me.
Agree Agree These proposals would not
affect me.
Agree Agree This does not affect me
Agree Agree this does not affect us but
seems a fairer way to
calculate
Agree Disagree This should depend on the
level of income in the
household.
Agree Agree This would affect me as child
benefit is for the children no
for paying council tax. We
would have less to spend on
our children.
Agree Disagree This would not affect me.
Agree Disagree unaffected
Agree Agree Unaffected
Agree Strongly Agree Would have no effect
Agree Disagree Would not affect me
Agree Strongly Disagree Would not affect me.
Agree Agree Would not affect me.
Agree Agree wouldn't
Agree Agree Wouldn't affect me
Disagree Disagree Affects us slightly.
Disagree Strongly Agree After 2012 I will only receive
child benefit for one child
anyway.
Disagree Disagree AGAIN STRUGGLE TO
FIND EXTRA
Disagree Agree Although this benefit is
usually not included as it is
supposed to help buy clothes
& things for the children I do
think that possibly option D2
would be the better of the
two as it would still allow the
benefit to be used for its
intended purpose.
Disagree Agree As my children grow up they
cost me more and I have
less help (milk tokens, etc.).
I don't have money to spend
on luxery lifestyle. When I
say no money I mean it.
Disagree Disagree As per proposal B / principle
2.
Disagree Disagree Because people can't afford
it.
Disagree Disagree Child benefit shouldn't be
taken into account. ths is
paid to the parent with care
for the benefit of the
children, not for paying
Council Tax. As with the
proposal regarding Child
Maintenance it is penalising
the children and I am not
sure how legally enforeable
this would be .
Disagree Disagree Child benefit helps me to buy
clothes & shoes for my
children! If you started taking
a reduced amount how do I
then decide which child
doesn't get shoes or clothes
that month?!
Disagree Strongly Disagree Child Benefit is a universal
benefit paid to every parent
regardless of their financial
situation. By using this as an
inclusion of means testing
instantly penalises any family
on low incomes.
Disagree Disagree Child benefit is paid for help
with and for the child.
Taking money from child
benefit it taking money from
the child.
Disagree Disagree Child benefit is to provide for
the children
Disagree Disagree child benefit should be for
providing for children, not for
paying tax.
Disagree Disagree Children under 16 not guilty
of count as tax payers.
Disagree Disagree Does not
Disagree Disagree Does not affect me.
Disagree Agree Does not affect me. For
some families, losing £ 6.74
is a major issue, but losing £
2.68 is affordable, it would
mean that instead of the first
son receiving £ 20.30 per
week they would get £ 17.62.
They will have to stop buying
overpriced designer gear
and learn to spend money
wisely.
Disagree Agree Does not affect our
household
Disagree Agree Doesn' affect me
Disagree Disagree Doesn't affect me
Disagree Agree Have just answered this in
principle 2 without any
options! D2 is fairer. A
second child does not cost
as much to keep as the first.
Disagree Agree Have one child so would be
affected by D1
Disagree Agree I agree with D2 as it seems
more people are having
children to get more benefits
and houses.
Disagree Disagree I am not sure about Child
benefit being counted as I
feel this money is to ensure
a better quality of life for the
child it is paid in respect of
and taking 20% of that away
doesn't seem appropriate.
Disagree Disagree I don't think child benefit
should be taken into
account, because again it
would be penalising the
children. HOWEVER, when
couples are just reproducing
for extra benefits then yes. I
think if you have mpre than 2
children then if you have to
deduct the council tax
allowance from then.
Disagree Disagree I have one child, this would
obviously affect me, not by
much. Instead of taking
benefit from people at the
lowest financial level. Stop
giving child benefit to those
on high incomes for whom
the money makes absolutely
no difference.
Disagree Disagree i have to save all my child
bnefit to help pay the rent
which still dosnt cover the
rent, being a single parent
unlike the example im going
to struggle to pay my rent
Disagree Agree I have two children and this
as stated therefore as i don't
get maintenance is all the
money I have in benefit for
them - but a couple of
pounds a week for more
than 1 child is ok -ish.
Disagree Disagree I have two children so
therefore this will affect me.
Disagree Agree I only have one child at
home so it would not affect
me. But option 1 would affec
tme but this is supposed to
top up moneyfor the child so
I disagree with it
Disagree Strongly Agree I receive child benefit for one
child so this proposal ( option
D2) would not affect
Disagree Agree I suppose this may
discourage people having
large families purely to
enhance benefits so I do
tend to agree with this
option.
Disagree Agree I would lose some benefit
Disagree Agree It doesn't
Disagree Agree It doesn't
Disagree Agree It does't
Disagree Disagree It will not affect me.
Disagree Disagree It won't !!
Disagree Agree It won't.
Disagree Agree It won't.
Disagree Agree it would not
Disagree Disagree It would not affect me
Disagree Strongly Agree It wouldn't
Disagree Agree It wouldn't
Disagree Agree It wouldn't affect me but i
don't see why all income
isn'tt aken into account when
testing ability to pay
Disagree Strongly Agree It wouldn't affect me.
Disagree Agree It wouldn't, I still have to pay,
with 3 children under the age
of ten, so should everyone.
Disagree Agree It would'nt.
Disagree Disagree Less money to buy
essentials.
Disagree Disagree Like Proposal B, these have
the potential to inadvertently
impact upon children ... who
are not of working age - ergo
should not be making any
contribution towards council
tax
Disagree Disagree My views about this that I'm
not sure about taxing this
benefit at all. Child benefit is
presumably paid by the
government for the sake of
the child and so is not an
income as such. And I'm not
sure it's right to deduct
Council Tax from it. Is child
benefit taxed from the
income of people not on
benefits.
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Strongly Agree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Agree n/a
Disagree Agree n/a
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Agree N/A
Disagree Agree n/a
Disagree Agree n/a
Disagree Disagree N/A
Disagree Disagree N/A Sould be means
tested work related income.
Disagree Disagree n/p
Disagree Agree Neither affects me
Disagree Disagree Nil
Disagree Agree Nil effect
Disagree Disagree No affect
Disagree Agree No affect
Disagree Strongly Agree NO AFFECT
Disagree Agree No affect
Disagree Disagree No change
Disagree Agree No dependant children - no
affect
Disagree Strongly Agree No direct effect
Disagree Disagree No effect
Disagree Agree No effect.
Disagree Strongly Agree Not @ all
Disagree Strongly Agree Not affect me.
Disagree Disagree Not affect me.
Disagree Agree Not affected
Disagree Strongly Agree not affected
Disagree Disagree Not affected
Disagree Strongly Agree not affected
Disagree Agree Not affected
Disagree Disagree Not at all
Disagree Agree not at all
Disagree Disagree not at all
Disagree Agree Not at all - except through
my own level of Council Tax
& Services
Disagree Agree Not at all.
Disagree Agree Not at all.
Disagree Disagree Not at all.
Disagree Strongly Agree One child allowance is
allowed to be ignored but
any more childrens
allowance is included - this
seems fairer to single
parents. People should not
have so many children, and
expect us all to pay for them.
Except if a partner who
worked has died!
Disagree Strongly Agree Possibly a v small increase
in Council Tax or not at all.
Disagree Strongly Disagree the child benefit is vital to my
four children in helping make
sure there needs are met. As
on low income every little
helps. Any decrease in
benefit has an impact
Disagree Disagree They don't but see my
answer to A
Disagree Agree This does not affect me
Disagree Agree This does not affect me. I do
think it fair that each
additional child is charged /
accounted for in such
calculations.
Disagree Agree THIS MAY DETER PEOPLE
FROM HAVING MORE
CHILDREN TO GET
BENEFITS
Disagree Strongly Agree THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
NOT AFFECT ME.
Disagree Strongly Agree this will not affect me
Disagree This will not affect us. Both
daughters have 6 children
and this will affect them
Disagree Disagree This would affect me as I do
receive child benefit. I
believe that child benefit
should all be spent on/saved
for the child/children amd not
added into calculations.
Disagree Disagree This would not affect me
Disagree Agree This would not affect me, my
children are grown. I feel
option D2 would be fairer to
struggling parents
Disagree Agree This would not affect me.
Disagree Disagree this would not affect us as
our daughter does not qualify
but taking money that is for
children into account is
wrong. This money is to
assist with upbringing and it's
associated expenses.
Disagree Strongly Agree This would not directly affect
me.
Disagree Disagree We are sttuggling already!!
How do you propose a family
of 4 to manager??
Disagree Disagree We do not have children. But
could pets be taken into
consideration as we love our
dog very much.
Disagree Agree We don't have children so
does not affect us.
Disagree Agree We use our child benefit for
school expenses and other
clothes they need. The first
option would mean the
school expenses would have
to be reduced (e.g. kit and/or
trips). The second option
would be better as we would
only need to buy cheaper
clothes for non school use.
The school expenses could
still be met.
Disagree Agree We would be on a tighter
budget meaning cuts to daily
living.
Disagree Agree Will not affect me
Disagree Agree Will not affect me
Disagree Agree will not affect me
Disagree Disagree Will Not. The big moral
question is, should a child be
responsible for contributions
to Council Tax?
Disagree Agree WOULD HAVE TO PAY AS
RECEIVE CHILD BENEFIT
Disagree Strongly Agree Would not
Disagree Strongly Disagree Would not affect me as I pay
full Council Tax
Disagree Agree Would not affect me.
Disagree Agree Would not lose so much
benefit.
Disagree Disagree You are taking money from
children!!
Strongly Agree Disagree A family with children use a
lot of services which is what
the Child Benefit is to help
pay for.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Again, what am I agreeing
to? I am strongly in favour of
schemes D1 & D2.
Strongly Agree Disagree All income should be taken
into account as with paid
workers
Strongly Agree Agree all income should be taken
into consideration
Strongly Agree Disagree As above
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree as above
Strongly Agree Agree As above I think all sources
of income should be
considered and the values
awarded should be awarded
accordingly.
Strongly Agree Disagree As above. All income should
be calculated as
contributable at 100%.
People need to work for a
living, not heavily subsidised.
Strongly Agree Disagree As before. All income
should be accounted for.
Deter young females from
having large families to claim
extra benefit.
Strongly Agree Agree As I only have one child
living at home I would pay
more council tax
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree As the heading states All
income should be taken into
account.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree boring I know, but I pay full
Council Tax and always
have even as a long
standing widow. So
everyone should pay at least
something.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Children are in receipt of
Council services [directly &
indirectly] hence a
contribution is justified
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree ditto
Strongly Agree Disagree does not
Strongly Agree Disagree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Does not affect me
Strongly Agree Disagree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Does not affect me.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Doesn't affect me.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Doesn't but would make
these young girls having so
many children think. I think
after the first 2 children child
benefit should be stopped.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree FIND HARD TO MANAGE
ON LOW INCOME
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree HARD TO MANAGE ON
LOW INCOME
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Having children is a financial
commitment, years ago you
didn't get child benefit for the
1st born, children are not
commodities to get extra
money.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree I do not agree with a system
that penalises people for
having more than one child.
Strongly Agree Disagree I don't have children as I
currently can't afford to care
for them!!
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree I have one child, but wont
affect me at all. Child benefit
is there for the benefit of the
child. It should be separate
to Council Tax Benefit.
Strongly Agree Disagree I know people who receive
child benefit and have
sufficiant income to pay their
council tax.
Strongly Agree Disagree I object to supporting other
peoples children
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree I strongly believe that all
income should be taken into
consideration when
calculating benefits of any
kind. Option 1 is best
because it may contribute to
people on benefits having
smaller families, a size that
is more affordable. I hear
too many comments of
people of having children
because they get more
benefits, perks, bigger
houses and less about them
becoming a working person
who can pay into the pot that
they take from. It becomes
their right and that is wrong.
Strongly Agree Disagree I was overpaid child benefit
and had to pay it back so
only received for the 2nd
child. this debt was not
included in my benefit claim
instead was deemed to be
extra income.
Strongly Agree Agree If D1 is rejected, which would
be my preference.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Incomes should not be
ignored. Not affected by this.
Strongly Agree Disagree Indirectly
Strongly Agree Agree It doesn't. But if you have
children then you should pay
for them - not the state.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree It foes not affect me but I do
not agree with the concept of
child benefit regardless of
financial circumstances. A
better option inmy view
would be a benefit for the
first child only.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree It is their chioce to have
children and therefore
budget rather tha
expectother people to pay as
tax payers. All benefits
should be included
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree it wont
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree it won't
Strongly Agree Disagree It wont as I am employed
and do not receive benefits.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree It would affect me.
Strongly Agree Agree It would help to keep my
Council Tax payment to a
reasonable level.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree It would mean that I do not
have to pay as much for
those who choose to have
children. I do not have any of
my own and therefore
subsidise those that do.
Strongly Agree Agree it would not
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree it would not - but I feel ALL
income should be
considered within any
scheme so agree with this.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree it would not affect me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree it would not affect me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree It would not affect me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Disagree It would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Agree It wouldn't.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree It wouldn't. - but it is
reprehensible that child
benefit should be included
when calculating C.T benefit.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree More money would be
available for other essential
services for the benefit of a
wider community
Strongly Agree Disagree Most families on benefits
have large families and so
should pay and not be an
additional burden on society.
Of which they produce no
benefits to. They don't help
society in any way and cause
most of the problems.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Mr & Mrs Smith receive
around £ 1,750 per year from
Child Benefit which is a lot of
money. Why should people
on low incomes but cannot
claim reductions in their CT
bill subsidise these people.
Strongly Agree Agree Mrs Smith recieves the
income, it is better than
earned as it is tax free
(Others have paid the tax).
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree My Council Tax bill will not
be so high
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree N/A
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree N/A
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree n/a
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree N/A - I don't have children.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree N/A My preference is option
D1
Strongly Agree Agree NA
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Na
Strongly Agree Agree neither of these proposals
would affect me
Strongly Agree Disagree no affect
Strongly Agree Disagree No affect
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree No affect
Strongly Agree Disagree No Affect
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree No affect - these are
relatively small amounts
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree No affect, we believe Child
Benefit is no longer a
relevant benefit and should
be scrapped.
Strongly Agree Agree No effect
Strongly Agree Disagree no effect
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree No effect
Strongly Agree Disagree No effect.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree No idea at this stage.
Irrelevant anyway as
principles behind proposals
are what is needed
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree None
Strongly Agree Disagree Not
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Not affected
Strongly Agree Disagree Not affected.
Strongly Agree Agree Not appliable to us
Strongly Agree Disagree Not at all
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree not at all
Strongly Agree Agree not at all
Strongly Agree Disagree Not at all
Strongly Agree Agree Not at all - but people don't
have to have kids in a
recession if they can't afford
to keep them - I didn't...
Strongly Agree Agree Not at all as I do not receive
any benefits
Strongly Agree Disagree Not at all other than to make
the system fairer for all and
that people without children
like myself are not constanly
subsidising those who
choose to have children.
Strongly Agree Agree Not at all.
Strongly Agree Disagree Not personally affected
Strongly Agree Disagree retired
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Should be means tested.
Someone on say 50K/annum
does not need this benefit.
Also limit to 2 children.
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree This proposal does not affect
me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree This proposal would not
affect me directly
Strongly Agree Disagree This will not affect me but I
don't understand the
justification for option D2.
Strongly Agree Disagree This would only affect me by
virtue of not increasing the
general council tax rates
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Would not affect me
Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Would not affect me as I
don't have children.
Strongly Agree Agree Would not affect me.
Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree You can manage with the
first - those coming after
make it tough. So don't have
6 plus!
Strongly Disagree Agree £ 2.68 a week to lose would
not be as bad as having to
pay 25% of council tax
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree .I believe child benefit should
not be considered My
partner & I have been so
skint at times and one saving
grace is that whatever
happens you have £ 20
week for son .We use that
money for our son,they way
it should be used, don't
takeour childs money.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree A family with one or two
children should be left alone.
But families with 4 or more,
then I agree totally.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree Again child benefit is for the
child not the household.
Child benefit does not even
cover food per child.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree Again taken away from the
child - indirectky affects
things they need.
Strongly Disagree Again this is taking money
away from children. Think
this is wrong as they need
every penny for food,
clothing and clubs.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree Again, a 20% reduction is
ridiculously huge. Try 5%
or 10% first? Reduce your
own incomes by 20% for 6
months and see if u can
manage before you do that
to other people.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree As a low income household
even £ 2.68 a week is a lot of
money. Child benefit is for
my child, not to pay my
council tax with.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree as above
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree As before parents rely on
this money to clothe their
kids.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree At a time of double dip
recession reducing the
amount of council tax
support will be devastating to
people on low incomes who
have children to support.
Strongly Disagree Strongly Disagree By including all income for