Issue - meetings

Report of Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure seeking approval to accept and authorise expenditure in relation to the next phase of Household Support Fund funding for 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 inclusive.

To consider the report of Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure seeking approval to accept and authorise expenditure in relation to the next phase of Household Support Fund funding for 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024 inclusive.

NOTE: This report is submitted for consideration as a general exception under paragraph 15 of the Access to Information procedure Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, notice having been given to the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and the public.

The matter requires a decision under this regulation due to its urgency (that it is impracticable to defer the decision until 28 clear days’ notice has been given on the Forward Plan). This is due to the timescales given between the Government announcement of funding being made available on 6 March 2024 and the period within which the scheme must be delivered (1 April 2024 – 30 September 2024).   

DECISION MADE: (CAB 23/24 45184)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure, Cabinet agreed the following:

  Having complied with paragraph 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules:

(i)  To approve in principle for Southampton City Council to participate in the delivery of the next phase of Household Support Fund from 1 April 2024 to 30 September 2024. 

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director Wellbeing and

Housing to finalise the details of the local Household Support

Fund scheme following consultation with the Executive Director Corporate Services and S151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure and to administer funding in accordance with that scheme.