Purpose

Approval of the funding
proposals for the allocation of Ministry of Housing, Communities
and Local Government (MHCLG) Domestic Abuse Duty
funding for the 2025-2026 financial year.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION
 

Date of Decision:

19th August 2025

Title:

Domestic Abuse duty funding allocation report
for the financial year 2025-26

Decision Maker:
(Including Job Title)

Andrew Bramidge,
Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Details of Specific Delegation
 
or
 
Delegation contained in the relevant
Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

Sub Scheme of Delegation - Strategic Director of Regeneration and
Environment
 
1.     
In respect of all financial matters: • Authorisation to spend
within approved budgets subject to the policies, Financial and
Procurement Procedure Rules of the Council • Authorisation for
the virement of revenue budgets in according with the Financial and
Procurement Procedure Rules of the Council.
 
Page 3 refers.
 

Decision:

Approval of the funding
proposals for the allocation of Ministry of Housing, Communities
and Local Government (MHCLG) Domestic Abuse Duty funding for the
2025-2026 financial year
 

Reasons for the Decision:

MHCLG provided Domestic Abuse Duty
funding for the financial year 2025-2026 of £802,591. This
report sets out proposals for the allocation of this funding to
support the implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 statutory
duty.
 

Details of alternative options considered and
rejected:

No alternative options considered as Domestic
Abuse duty funding provide must be spent on Domestic Abuse
initiatives in line with the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the
Domestic Abuse strategy 2022 - 2027.
 

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet
Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the
decision:

No

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

None
 
 

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision
Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an
outside body which relates to the decision:

No

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

None
 

Reports or parts of reports considered

Appendices Included
 
Appendix 1 - DA training
prospectus
 
Appendix 2 - Equality Analysis
- Part A
 
Appendix 3 - Equality Analysis
- Part B
 
Appendix 4 - Climate Impact
Assessment
 
Background Papers
 
-      
Local Authority Domestic Abuse Duty: 2023 to 2024
and 2024 to 2025 funding allocations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
-      

Core Spending Power table: provisional local
government finance settlement 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK
-      

Rotherham Domestic Abuse Strategy
2022-27
-      

Domestic Abuse Act 2021
-      
Recommissioning of Rotherham’s Domestic Abuse
RefugeREPORT
TEMPLATE FOR CABINET & COMMISSIONER
-      
National DA Commissioners report- Victims in their
own Right
dac_bcyp_main-report_V6-DIGITAL.pdf
 

 
I certify that this is a true
record of the executive decision to: approve the funding proposals for the allocation of
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Domestic Abuse Duty funding
for the 2025-2026 financial year
 
 
 
I confirm that in
making this decision, due regard was given to the seven principles
of public life.
 
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker:
 

 
Dated:         
19th August,
2025
 
Name:         
Andrew Bramidge 
Job
Title:     Strategic
Director, Regeneration & Environment