Personal discounts

To find out if a discount may apply to your home, count the number of adults living there.

The full bill assumes at least two adults live in a home, so if you count two or more people, you are not entitled to a discount. If you counted one person, we may reduce your bill by a 25 per cent.

When you count don't include people if any of the following applies to them:

• People caring for someone with a disability who is not a spouse, partner or child under the age of 18
• People who normally live in the property but are currently in prison (except those in prison for non-payment of Council Tax or a fine)
• People who are severely mentally impaired
• Full-time students (including Project 2000 nurses)
• Apprentices or Training Credits Programme trainees
• People who are under the age of 20 who have left school or college after 30 April (not counted until 1 November of that year)
• Members of religious communities (monks and nuns)
• People aged 18 for whom Child Benefit is still payable
• Student nurses
• People employed to provide care
• People staying in certain hostels and night shelters
• Members of visiting forces and certain international institutions
• Diplomats, persons who have diplomatic immunity and certain members of their household

The above groups are stated in broad terms. Within each of the groups a number of conditions may need to be met they qualify. For further information, see Discount forms.