Decision details

Household Support Fund

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The purpose of this report is to provide Members with an overview of the Household Support Fund should we be advised of an extension to the Fund post 30 September 2024 and delegate the payment criteria of the grant to the Director, Finance and Procurement (S151 Officer), Corporate Director, People, and the Director, Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public
Health, Communities, Leisure, and Libraries

Decision:

Resolved:

 

That Cabinet:

 

1.    Notes the content of the report;

 

2.    Delegates the payment criteria of the grant to the Director, Finance and Procurement (S151 Officer), and the Director, Public Health in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities, Leisure, and Libraries.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To inform Members of the Household Support Fund extension allocation Wiltshire Council has been awarded by the Department for Work and Pensions.

 

Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;

Other reasons / organisations consulted

Consultation will be made with the Cabinet Member for Public Health, Communities, Leisure, and Libraries and relevant Directors.

Contact: Rachel Kent, PH Consultant - Knowledge & Intelligence Email: rachel.kent@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01380 826321.

Report author: Cabinet Report Management Group

Publication date: 08/10/2024

Date of decision: 08/10/2024

Decided at meeting: 08/10/2024 - Cabinet

Effective from: 16/10/2024

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