Decisions

Decisions published

18/09/2023 - Funding agreement for Housing Support Fund, Discretionary Housing Payment, and Council Tax Support ref: 1678    Recommendations Approved

Decision Maker: Cabinet member for community health and wellbeing

Decision published: 18/09/2023

Effective from: 18/09/2023

Decision:

·       to utilise £121,338 funding from Oxfordshire County

Council for the Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP)

• to utilise £123,103 Council Tax Support (CTS), to

increase the council tax hardship fund for residents for

financial year 2023/24

• to utilise £79,815 Household Support Fund 4 (HSF4)

funding from Oxfordshire County Council for local welfare

allocation

• to accept aforementioned funding from Oxfordshire

County Council and enter into and to make minor

amendments on the corresponding funding agreement

(appendix one)

• the delegation of authority to the Deputy Chief Executive -

Transformation and Operations in consultation with the

Head of Finance and s151 officer to approve the

associated grants policy and to approve any further

associated policies and amendments to them pertaining

to the HSF – appendix four.

• the delegation of authority to the Head of Finance and

s151 officer to approve the associated grants policy and

to approve any further associated policies and associated

amendments to them pertaining to DHP and CTS –

appendix five and six.

Lead officer: Jayne Bolton


 

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