Council Tax - exemptions and discounts (occupied properties)
In prison or other forms of detention
If you, or someone in your household, is in prison for an offence other than not paying a fine, or is being held in another type of detention, you may qualify for a 25%, 50% or 100% reduction in your Council Tax.
The amount depends on how many other adults (aged 18 or over) live in the property.
To qualify the person must be:
- detained in a prison, hospital, or another location by order of a British court
- detained under deportation rules in the Immigration Act 1971
- detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- imprisoned, detained or held in custody for more than 48 hours under the Armed Forces Act 2006
How to apply
Use the link below to request an application:
- Occupied properties
- In care, providing care, care workers and care leavers
- Single person discount
- Low income
- Physical or mental disability
- In prison or other forms of detention
- Students
- Training schemes and apprenticeships
- Under 18 or over 18 but someone still receives Child Benefit
- Entering the UK from Ukraine or under a resettlement or relocation scheme
- Other categories