Council Tax - People who are severely mentally impaired

If you wish to claim a reduction in your Council Tax bill, please go to Council Tax - Online Forms.

You might be able to apply for a discount or exemption on your Council Tax bill if you or someone you live with is severely mentally impaired.

To qualify you will need to:

provide a certificate to say you’re severely mentally impaired from a healthcare professional, such as your GP - download a printable version of the certificate for you to take to your GP/healthcare professional
provide proof of that you are entitled to a qualifying benefit:
- Personal Independence Payment (standard or enhanced daily living element)
- Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance (middle or high rate care component)
- Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Universal Credit which includes the Limited Capability for Work/Work-related Activity element
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Jobseekers Allowance (where received by the partner of the person applying for discount)
- Income Support (with disability of severe disability premium included)
- Disablement Pension (with unemployability supplement or an increase due to constant attendance need)
- War Disablement Pension (with unemployability supplement)
- Armed Forces Independence Payment

You’ll get a 100% discount if you qualify as severely mentally impaired and one of the following applies:

you live on your own
any other adults in your household either qualify as severely mentally impaired or are full-time students

There’ll be a 50% discount on the council tax bill if everyone else in your household is disregarded.

You’ll get a 25% discount if you live with someone who qualifies as severely mentally impaired and either:

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