Domestic Rate Relief Schemes in Northern Ireland by District Council and Year

Northern Ireland's annual statistics on the number and monetary amount of domestic property rate reliefs awarded by district council and rating year. The data covers nine specific relief schemes, including Lone Pensioner Allowance and Housing Benefit, extracted from Land and Property Services records as of March 31 each year. Figures represent a year-end snapshot and include properties that received any relief award greater than £0.01 during the rating year.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of tax relief based on district council breakdowns mentioned in the description
• Tracking annual trends in the uptake and cost of specific relief schemes like the Lone Pensioner Allowance
• Comparing the relative scale of different support programs, such as Housing Benefit versus Low Income Rate Relief
• Estimating the fiscal impact of relief schemes on local government finances based on the total amount awarded

Strengths

• Covers nine distinct rate relief and support schemes with defined qualifying criteria
• Provides annual figures extracted from authoritative Land and Property Services (LPS) General Ledger models
• Includes detailed methodological notes on property counts and amount calculations

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data represents a year-end snapshot and is not adjusted for clawbacks from prior years

Provenance

Source

Land and Property Services (LPS), Northern Ireland

Collection Method

Extracted from LPS General Ledger models as at 31st March for each rating year

Time Range

Annual rating years, with data as a snapshot at March 31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:02:34.533855; freshness should be verified

Geography

District Councils in Northern Ireland