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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

 

Age

Disability

Low Income Groups

Other

Cultural services Libraries

Over 60, under 15

A number of groups covered including registered with SSD as having a disability, blind and partially sighted people, people with hearing impairments.

Those receiving benefits (including disability benefits)

 

Cultural Services Museums

Senior Citizens (over 60), under 16s

Registered disabled

Unemployed

 

Concessionary travel *

Permanent residents of retirement age

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.

None

 

Oxford City Council Leisure Services

Over 60, under 17

 

 

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)

Oxford City Council Bonus Slice Card

N/A

Registered disabled, in receipt of incapacity benefit, disabled person’s tax credit, or attendance allowance.

Unemployed, youth training courses, housing benefit recipients, Council Tax rebate, working family tax credit,

Invalid care allowance

Cherwell District Council Leisure services

Over 50, under 12

Registered disabled

Unemployed, students

GP referrals

 

South Oxfordshire DC Leisure Services

Over 60, Under 16

In receipt of Disabled Persons Tax credit

Full time students and those in receipt of Income support, Job Seeker Allowance, Working Family Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, or Council Tax Rebate.

 

Vale of the White Horse DC

Leisure Services

 

Registered disabled, incapacity benefit, disability allowance

Job seekers Allowance recipients, lone parents, recipients of: housing/council tax benefit, income support, family credit

Community groups

West Oxfordshire DC Leisure Services

 

Recipients of Attendance allowance, disability living allowance, disabled persons tax credit,

Full time students and recipients of Job Seeker Allowance, Housing benefit, Income Support, Council Tax Benefit, unemployment benefit, work based learning for adults,

 

* Criteria are standard across the Districts and City although rates of concession are not

 

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