Contents
Introduction and contact details 6
Background 7
The reform of the fee remission system 9
A single fee remission system 9
The disposable capital test thresholds 10
The terms of the disposable capital test 11
Evidence for and enforcement of the disposable capital test 13
Gross monthly income test 13
Gross monthly income cap 15
Evidence for the gross monthly income test 15
Assessment of household means 16
Contrary interest 17
Third party applications 17
Copy documents and search fees 18
Retrospective remissions 18
Multiple party claims 19
Equality impacts 20
Electronic data sharing 21
Prisoners 21
Conclusion and next steps 22
Annex A: Analysis of responses to the consultation 23
1. A single fee remissions system 23
2. Financial eligibility for a remission 24
3. Scope of the fee remissions system 36
4. Equality Impacts 41
5. Electronic data sharing 44
Annex B: List of respondents 45
Annex C: Treatment of disposable capital and income 47
Resources of a partner 47
CAPITAL 47
Definition of capital 47
Valuation of capital 48
Capital to be disregarded 48
Deprivation of capital 49
INCOME 49
Definition of income 49
Excluded benefits 50
Annex D: Appeals 52
Table 1: Disposable capital thresholds 11
Table 2: Gross monthly income thresholds 13
Table 3: Gross monthly income cap 15