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ITEM BV11
- ANNEX 1
BEST VALUE
COMMITTEE – 11 SEPTEMBER 2002
CHARGING
POLICIES BEST VALUE REVIEW
Table
1: Groups that are eligible for concessions across Oxfordshire
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Age
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Disability
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Low
Income Groups
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Other
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Cultural services
Libraries
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Over 60, under
15
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A number of
groups covered including registered with SSD as having a disability,
blind and partially sighted people, people with hearing impairments.
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Those receiving
benefits (including disability benefits)
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Cultural Services
Museums
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Senior Citizens
(over 60), under 16s
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Registered
disabled
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Unemployed
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Concessionary
travel *
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Permanent residents
of retirement age
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Registered
disabled including blind/partially sighted, profoundly or seriously
deaf, no speech, amputee, learning disabled and any other condition
that would affect ability to travel independently.
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None
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Oxford City
Council Leisure Services
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Over 60, under
17
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Slice Card
holders obtain discounts on all leisure services, the cost of obtaining
a slice card varies depending on the type of card you purchase,
a Bonus Slice card is available (see below)
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Oxford City
Council Bonus Slice Card
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N/A
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Registered
disabled, in receipt of incapacity benefit, disabled person’s tax
credit, or attendance allowance.
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Unemployed,
youth training courses, housing benefit recipients, Council Tax
rebate, working family tax credit,
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Invalid care
allowance
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Cherwell District
Council Leisure services
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Over 50, under
12
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Registered
disabled
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Unemployed,
students
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GP referrals
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South Oxfordshire
DC Leisure Services
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Over 60, Under
16
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In receipt
of Disabled Persons Tax credit
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Full time students
and those in receipt of Income support, Job Seeker Allowance, Working
Family Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, or Council Tax Rebate.
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Vale of the
White Horse DC
Leisure Services
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Registered
disabled, incapacity benefit, disability allowance
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Job seekers
Allowance recipients, lone parents, recipients of: housing/council
tax benefit, income support, family credit
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Community groups
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West Oxfordshire
DC Leisure Services
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Recipients
of Attendance allowance, disability living allowance, disabled persons
tax credit,
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Full time students
and recipients of Job Seeker Allowance, Housing benefit, Income
Support, Council Tax Benefit, unemployment benefit, work based learning
for adults,
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* Criteria are standard
across the Districts and City although rates of concession are not
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