Decision details

To approve arrangements for the allocation and distribution of a Council

Tax Exceptional Hardship Fund designed and set up in response to the

ongoing cost of living crisis.

This ICMD specifically requests approval for the following:

 To utilise £35,000 of Contain Outbreak Management Funding

(COMF) and £35,000 matched funding from Oxfordshire County

Council, to set up a Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Fund for

residents for financial years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024

 to accept aforementioned funding from Oxfordshire County Council

and enter into the corresponding funding agreement with

Oxfordshire County Council.

 to agree the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship Fund Policy as

detailed in appendix A.

 to delegate the authority to review and amend this policy and any

future policies pertaining to the Council Tax Exceptional Hardship

Fund to the Head of Finance & S151 officer.