SNP Government Assisting Low Income Households During Pandemic

New figures released this week reveal that 5,650 households across the Stirling Council area were supported by the SNP Government’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme in June 2020. 

Across Scotland, almost 500,000 Scots received the support in June, with the number of local households in receipt of the Council Tax Reduction support rising by 230 since April 2020.

The scheme that provides financial support to low income households, saved families in Stirling an estimated total of £89 a week in June.   

Commenting, SNP MSP for Stirling Bruce Crawford said: 

“With many families struggling to get by in the face of this pandemic, the SNP Government is supporting almost half a million households with their council tax bill. 

“In June alone, the Council Tax Reduction scheme has helped 5,650 households right here in the Stirling area. 

“While the Tories at Westminster are gearing up to prematurely end the furlough scheme, and throw thousands of Scottish jobs on the scrap heap, the SNP Government is standing up for low income households in Stirling and helping relieve the financial pressures caused by Coronavirus.” 

Notes

No. of CTR recipients June 2020No. of CTR recipients March 2020CTR Weekly income forgone est. (£’000s) June 2020
AB
SCOTLAND497,960469,3707,334
Aberdeen City14,22013,720214
Aberdeenshire13,24012,020192
Angus9,0108,530115
Argyll and Bute7,1306,580117
City of Edinburgh36,31032,740564
Clackmannanshire5,5405,02076
Dumfries and Galloway14,24013,280198
Dundee City18,31017,340260
East Ayrshire13,66012,920197
East Dunbartonshire5,9305,490102
East Lothian7,0606,710110
East Renfrewshire4,5904,24080
Falkirk12,97012,550169
Fife30,41029,570425
Glasgow City93,41087,5801,492
Highland18,23016,690276
Inverclyde9,9409,620138
Midlothian6,1605,990103
Moray5,8505,46083
Na h-Eileanan Siar2,1602,10028
North Ayrshire17,45016,820253
North Lanarkshire37,55035,730496
Orkney Islands1,4101,27019
Perth and Kinross8,3408,090129
Renfrewshire19,66017,830292
Scottish Borders9,1108,370123
Shetland Islands1,1601,07015
South Ayrshire10,45010,390167
South Lanarkshire31,97030,130423
Stirling5,6505,42089
West Dunbartonshire11,36011,370171
West Lothian15,51014,760217