Figures show thousands in county still to receive council tax rebates
THOUSANDS of people across Hampshire are still waiting on their council tax rebates, according to statistics.
Figures compiled by the Local Democracy Reporting Service show that every council in the region has started issuing council tax rebates, as instructed by the government.
The £150 rebate is intended to help families through the cost of living crisis.
But from the data collected, almost 40,000 people across Hampshire are still waiting to be paid.
In Basingstoke and Deane, 84 per cent of households have received their council tax rebate.
A spokeswoman for the borough council said: ‘We have been working hard to develop a scheme locally in order to pay residents as quickly as possible.’
Hart District Council said it had paid 15,449 people so far, with 5,579 payments outstanding. Rushmoor Borough Council - which covers Farnborough and Aldershot - has made payments to 25,766 residents, with 6,800 remaining. These are all non-direct debit residents, according to the press office.
A spokesperson for Eastleigh Borough Council said: ‘The council has been working very hard to ensure our residents get their payments as soon as possible.
‘We have 45,703 households who are eligible to receive the £150 payment. Payments to 35,552 households (77.8 per cent) were paid on April 28. A further 685 households were paid by cheque on May 3.
‘We are currently processing the remaining 9,466 cheque payments and these will be going out to residents early next week. When the cheques are sent next week, this will be 100 per cent of households paid.’
Winchester City Council has paid 21,350, with 8,650 people awaiting payment.
East Hampshire District Council has issued rebates to 24,000 residents, with a further 7,000 outstanding.
Fareham Borough Council did not provide any figures to the Local Democracy Reporting Service - instead saying that it received £5.3m from the government for the rebates.
Councils in Portsmouth, Southampton, Gosport, New Forest and Test Valley were also approached.