Regarding council tax - yes, a person can be discounted if they are severely disabled or "mentally incompetent" (this is defined as being, they would not understand what council tax is or what it is for). However, only one person per household can be disregarded.
For example, in my house, my Dad could be discounted because of his dementia, or I could be as a permanent resident carer, or mum could be due to her Parkinsons and mobility problems.
However, not more than one of us could be disregarded. Doing so would only reduce us to two, which means we would still have to pay full council tax. If there were only two of us, we could get one disregarded and reduce us to the single person's rate...
As regards the higher rate of attendance allowance, there is a definition of what "attendance during the night" is. The forms do not mention the critera (I assume because everyone would just tailor their description to fit this). The definition is that night is between (as I recall) 11pm and 6am, and that you have to do it for so many minutes throughout the night.
And yes, the house mist be disregarded if a spouse (of any age) is redient in it. This is because of the "duty of care" spouses have (it;s also why they aren't subject to inheritance tax).
For example, in my house, my Dad could be discounted because of his dementia, or I could be as a permanent resident carer, or mum could be due to her Parkinsons and mobility problems.
However, not more than one of us could be disregarded. Doing so would only reduce us to two, which means we would still have to pay full council tax. If there were only two of us, we could get one disregarded and reduce us to the single person's rate...
As regards the higher rate of attendance allowance, there is a definition of what "attendance during the night" is. The forms do not mention the critera (I assume because everyone would just tailor their description to fit this). The definition is that night is between (as I recall) 11pm and 6am, and that you have to do it for so many minutes throughout the night.
And yes, the house mist be disregarded if a spouse (of any age) is redient in it. This is because of the "duty of care" spouses have (it;s also why they aren't subject to inheritance tax).