Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Housing and Adult Care seeking to accept the allocation of £9.7M one-off additional Government funding over three years, for the purpose of meeting adult social care needs, reducing pressues on the NHS and stabilising the social care provider market.

Cabinet recommends to Council on 19 July 2017:

(i)  To approve the acceptance of the one-off Government grant of £9,710,902 for adult social care over three years from 2017/18 to 2019/20;

(ii)  To approve the addition of £4.98M to the Housing & Adult Social Care Portfolio’s revenue budget for 2017/18 and to note that the remaining £4.73M of the Government grant award will need to be added to the revenue budgets for 2018/19 and 2019/20; and

(iii)  To approve revenue expenditure of £4.98M in 2017/18 on schemes (set out in Appendix 1) that will meet adult social care needs, reduce pressures on the NHS and stabilise the social care provider market, in accordance with the grant conditions, Financial Procedure Rules and the governance arrangements for Southampton’s Better Care Fund.

1.  Under the Financial Procedure Rules, Council is required to approve the acceptance of external funding exceeding £2M.

2.  The Department of Health and Department for Communities and Local Government have stated that the grant will be pooled into the Better Care Fund, to support a continuing agreement with the local NHS.

No other options have been considered and rejected.