Purpose

To seek approval to accept grant funding from OHID to support additional stop smoking activity in Derbyshire, outline a high level plan to spend the funding allocation and delegate responsibility to DPH/ Cabinet Member to agree the final allocations per project.

Decision

RESOLVED to:

 

1)   
Agree to accept the
additional Government’s Stopping the Start funding of £1,083,451 for stop
smoking services in Derbyshire in 2024/25;

 

2)   
Note that the
Government is committed to provide the additional Stopping the Start Funding
for a five-year period commencing in 2024/25; and

 

3)   
Agree to delegate
authority to the Director of Public Health for the expenditure and use of this
funding in line with any grant conditions, Derbyshire County Council Adult
Social Care and Health Scheme of Delegation, Derbyshire County Council financial
regulations and Public Contract Regulations (2015) and other procedures which
may include competitive tendering, necessary to comply with Council
requirements.