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

For Council Tax purposes, people who are detained (prisoners, detainment under court order or for deportation) are not counted when looking at the number of adults living in a property.

This may mean that the Council Tax bill is reduced by 25%, depending on who else lives with you.

This includes:

• people on remand
• people detained for mental health reasons in a hospital or somewhere else as a result of a court order
• people detained under immigration law

It also applies if the usual occupier is imprisoned, detained or in custody for more than 48 hours under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955, or the Naval Discipline Act 1957.

This does not include:

• people who are in prison as a result of not paying their Council Tax or a fine
• people in police custody before their first court appearance

We will need to know:

• the address where the person is detained
• the date they were detained
• their expected release date
• for prisoners, their prisoner number (if known)