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Floods: Government Assistance

Answer

Since 2023-24, the Flood Recovery Framework has been activated twice: first in October 2023 following Storm Babet, and again in January 2024 following Storm Henk. Under each activation, flood-impacted households were eligible to claim council tax relief for up to two financial years, ending on 31 March 2025.

The number of council tax relief awards, and the value of those awards, by eligible local authority area is set out in the table below.

Storms Babet and Henk: Council Tax Discount Awards
Local Authority	2023-24		2024-25		Total awards	Total value of awards
	No. of awards	Value of awards	No. of awards	Value of awards
Amber Valley	56	£28,407.20	44	£34,988.24	100	£63,395.44
Ashfield	68	£37,482.43	23	£20,939.48	91	£58,421.91
Babergh	34	£23,039.39	7	£13,593.73	41	£36,633.12
Bassetlaw	182	£95,142.98	182	£95,142.98
Blaby	63	£32,254.71	74	£14,317.17	137	£46,571.88
Bolsover	51	£26,799.74	19	£16,758.94	70	£43,558.68
Breckland	73	£44,935.05	34	£30,190.23	107	£75,125.28
Broadland	1	£642.95	1	£642.95
Bromsgrove	18	£9,894.54	18	£9,894.54
Broxtowe	245	£153,377.66	131	£114,746.71	376	£268,124.37
Cannock Chase	1	£201.93	1	£201.93
Charnwood	178	£61,667.36	176	£26,950.34	354	£88,617.70
Cheshire West & Chester	7	£5,026.37	7	£5,026.37
Chesterfield	298	£116,361.69	298	£116,361.69
Derby City	3	£2,300.05	3	£2,300.05
Derbyshire Dales	64	£35,250.90	14	£17,787.31	78	£53,038.21
East Lindsey	231	£103,771.36	125	£41,005.75	356	£144,777.11
East Staffordshire	41	£24,018.91	3	£101.14	44	£24,120.05
East Suffolk	286	£188,897.57	101	£102,289.50	387	£291,187.07
Elmbridge	5	£2,898.24	5	£124.98	10	£3,023.22
Erewash	265	£122,023.79	76	£59,755.98	341	£181,779.77
Gedling	63	£38,093.66	63	£38,093.66
Gloucester	46	£14,339.45			46	£14,339.45
Guildford	38	£19,588.76	2	£1,445.64	40	£21,034.40
Harborough	29	£16,042.56	27	£12,185.54	56	£28,228.10
Herefordshire	31	£19,149.15	31	£314.12	62	£19,463.27
High Peak	13	£7,313.20			13	£7,313.20
Isle of Wight	205	£112,074.72	96	£53,816.03	301	£165,890.75
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk	6	£2,114.41			6	£2,114.41
Leicester	85	£27,839.91	9	£3,058.45	94	£30,898.36
Lichfield	7	£3,784.32	7	£54.23	14	£3,838.55
Lincoln City	15	£7,190.22	9	£6,001.71	24	£13,191.93
Malvern Hills	16	£10,601.48	8	£19,580.59	24	£30,182.07
Mansfield	8	£4,489.09	7	£5,322.52	15	£9,811.61
Melton	19	£9,816.82			19	£9,816.82
Mid Suffolk	335	£199,881.75	70	£89,416.63	405	£289,298.38
Newark & Sherwood	431	£297,414.51	273	£223,248.06	704	£520,662.57
North East Derbyshire	122	£69,700.05	66	£42,645.17	188	£112,345.22
North Kesteven	127	£80,613.05			127	£80,613.05
North Norfolk	2	£1,284.73			2	£1,284.73
North Warwickshire	8	£3,809.61			8	£3,809.61
NW Leicestershire	54	£20,004.59	36	£3,045.75	75	£23,050.34
Nuneaton & Bedworth	6	£3,502.99			6	£3,502.99
Oadby & Wigton		2	£731.14	2	£731.14
Oxford City	3	£1,674.14			3	£1,674.14
Redditch	1	£407.91			1	£407.91
Reigate & Banstead	1	£948.22			1	£948.22
Rotherham	203	£103,253.65	142	£95,038.98	345	£198,292.63
Runnymede	17	£12,401.05			17	£12,401.05
Rushcliffe	98	£49,796.55	87	£10,705.10	185	£60,501.65
Shropshire	95	£48,521.22	27	£10,632.74	122	£59,153.96
Somerset	86	£46,504.67			86	£46,504.67
South Derbyshire	12	£5,987.57	6	£1,333.86	18	£7,321.43
South Kesteven	53	£29,449.12	129	£128,698.70	182	£158,147.82
South Norfolk	12	£6,599.80	2	£344.94	14	£6,944.74
South Oxfordshire	34	£23,290.82	14	£29,161.08	48	£52,451.90
South Staffordshire	3	£1,611.00			3	£1,611.00
Spelthorne	46	£22,567.59			46	£22,567.59
Stafford	32	£10,403.00			32	£10,403.00
Staffordshire Moorlands	5	£1,828.76			5	£1,828.76
Stratford-on-Avon	38	£17,316.44	4	£1,791.34	42	£19,107.78
Telford & Wrekin	35	£11,789.94			35	£11,789.94
Tewkesbury	184	£78,754.84			184	£78,754.84
Tower Hamlets	18	£5,744.49			18	£5,744.49
Vale of White Horse	34	£19,347.29	17	£32,453.34	51	£51,800.63
Warwick	8	£6,228.36			8	£6,228.36
Waverley	4	£2,185.71	1	£562.04	5	£2,747.75
West Berkshire	45	£28,039.08	47	£13,104.10	92	£41,143.18
West Lindsey	82	£59,847.32	82	£59,847.32
West Oxfordshire	2	£1,427.17			2	£1,427.17
West Suffolk	27	£17,176.00	7	£8,059.21	34	£25,235.21
Wiltshire	87	£39,154.00			87	£39,154.00
Windsor & Maidenhead	21	£18,943.57			21	£18,943.57
Wychavon	2	£2,717.89	2	£3,252.98	4	£5,970.87
Wyre Forest	35	£15,498.00			35	£15,498.00
TOTALS	5,077	£2,712,611.70	2,042	£1,349,400.68	7,104	£4,062,012.51

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

17539

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Council tax Households Government assistance Floods

Contains statistics

Yes

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