Veterans Benefit Applications - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Veterans Benefit Applications
FOI Number: 5
Date Received: 02/01/2022
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: Under a freedom of information request for the financial years 2019,2020 and 2021 to date could you please provide the costs incurred to your local authority to reprocess applications for housing and council benefit support caused by details of persons in receipt of a military pension under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme not being available in April at the start of the tax year caused by Equinity Paymaster?
Response: Information relating to pension increases is updated in our Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction system when the information becomes available. There are no identifiable reprocessing costs where pension payments are updated retrospectively.This information is not held and therefore we give notice under Section 17 (1) (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2002.