Purpose

To seek approval to accept this grant funding.
The decision will be taken in consultation with the Assistant
Director Resources and Executive Member Finance.

Announced in October 2023 based on the recommendations from the
Khan Review, ‘Stopping the Start: our new place to create a
smokefree generation’ was published outlining the
Government’s efforts to achieve a national smoking prevalence
of 5%. To support these efforts, further funding for stop smoking
services was announced as part of this paper to achieve this
Smokefree 2030 target.

£70 million has been identified for these services over the
next 5 years, starting in 2024-25. Funding per Local Authority area
has been calculated based on local smoking prevalence. North
Yorkshire’s funding for 2024-25 has been identified as
c£632k.

Decision

Cllr Harrison has given approval to accept the
Section 31 grant funding from the Department of Health and Social
Care to support the vision of creating a ‘Smokefree
Generation’. This decision has been in consultation with the
Assistant Director of Resources and the Executive Member for
Finance, Discussions have also been held with the Director of
Public Health and Corporate Director HAS.