FI16257

Request

1. Total amount awarded each year in Council Tax Support for 2023/2024/2025.

2. The number of households receiving council tax support.

3. If possible, breakdown by age, sex, nationality, and whether recipients are claiming benefits.

4. Total amount paid each year in housing benefit for 2023/2024/2025.

5. The number of households receiving housing benefit in Dover and how much went to private tenants and to council/social housing tenants.

6. If possible, breakdown by age, sex, nationality, and whether recipients are claiming other benefits

Response

1. As follows:

Council Tax Support	Value (£)
2025	10,771,540.19
2024	10,220,761.49
2023	9,938,137.30

2. 8882.  5739 working age and 3143 pension age.  Most Council Tax Support customers are in receipt of other benefits. For example, by April 26 98% of working age Council Tax Support customers will be in receipt of Universal Credit. However, there is not enough detail in the question to fully answer this part.  

3. We do not hold ‘sex’ in any reportable format but below is broken down by ‘title’ which provides some of the information requested: 

Title	Number
Mr	2796
Mrs	2752
Miss	2734
Ms	592
Mx	3
Prof	1
Dr	1
Lady	1
Sir	1
Rev	1

Please note that for the above, some customers may have a partner.  We do not hold ‘nationality’ in any reportable format.

4. As follows:

Housing Benefit	Value (£)
2025	19,474,812.69	Extrapolated
2024	21,384,081.00
2023	21,593,283.00

5. Number of Households: 2759, Private 786, Council/Social 1971

689 working age and 2068 pension age

6. We do not hold ‘sex’ in any reportable format but below is broken down by ‘title’ which provides some of the information requested: 

Title	Number
Mr	1207
Mrs	1002
Miss	368
Ms	175
Dr	1
Mx	1
Sir	1
Lady	1
Rev	1

Please note that for the above, some customers may have a partner.  We do not hold ‘nationality’ in any reportable format.