Decision details

Officer Decision Record - Policy in Practice Low Income Family Tracker and Council Tax Reduction Scheme Modelling Tool

Decision Maker: Director of Digital (SIRO)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

DB5 (inc. DB4 &DB33) are concerned with Supporting Welfare in Cheshire East - TVI put forward the business case for Policy In Practice Low income Family Tracker and Council Tax Reduction Scheme modelling.
The LIFT platform will be used to match existing Rev's and Ben's data against various data sources to understand if residents could be entitled to benefits which they are not currently claiming - this will then be used as the basis for a targeted take-up campaign.
CTRS will model 3 scenarios for changes to the current CT Reduction scheme and provide reports on the impact on various types of households (for example households with people claiming PIP or households claiming Universal credit)
Both have been approved by ERP, have DPIA's approved and an IAQ has been completed for them.
CTRS is an urgent requirement as we have to start the work now to meet the August deadline for consulations

Publication date: 16/04/2026

Date of decision: 16/04/2026

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