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Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Council Tax Energy Rebate

On Thursday 3 February 2022, a support package was announced by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to help households with rising energy bills.

Council Tax Support

The scheme is to be administered by the City Council and will see Sunderland households in Council Tax Bands A - D receive a £150 non-repayable rebate.

Payments are not due to be made before Friday 1 April.

Additionally, a discretionary fund will be available to provide support to those households on low incomes but who are not eligible for the Council Tax rebate - again, to be paid from April onwards.

Further information regarding both schemes will be published once the detailed guidance from Government has been received and we will explain how residents can apply for the rebate and discretionary fund.

The Government guidance is expected in the next seven to ten days and we will update residents immediately.

You can find out which council tax band your property is in by using the following link: Check your Council Tax band - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)