Purpose

Approval of the funding proposals for the allocation of
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
(DLUHC) Domestic Abuse Duty new burdens funding for the 2023-2024
financial year.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

15th
February, 2024

Title:

Domestic Abuse Duty Funding Proposals for the Financial Year
2024-25

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant Director, Community Safety
& Street Scene

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

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduced new
requirements for local authorities in relation to domestic abuse
services. As a result, the Government provided “new
burdens” funding. On
16th August 2021, the Council Cabinet agreed allocation
of the first year’s funding, with many of those commitments
recurring. The officer decision is to approve the allocation of the
remaining funding.
 
Decisions relating to the
allocation of the remaining funding were delegated to the Strategic
Director for Regeneration and Environment (Delegated
Officer).As per the Regeneration
and Environment Sub Scheme of delegation, section 7- 7. Other
functions 
The Assistant
Director is authorised to discharge any function not otherwise
reserved to the full Council, the Cabinet, a committee of the
Cabinet, a member of the Cabinet, a joint committee discharging
executive functions or another local authority, relevant to the
Assistant Director’s portfolio
 

Decision:

The approval of Domestic Abuse
Duty Funding Proposals for the Financial Year 2024-25 as detailed
in the officer’s report.

Reasons for the
Decision:

On
12 December 2022, DLUHC confirmed Domestic Abuse Duty funding for
the 2024-2025 financial year of £644,001. This report sets out proposals for the allocation
of this funding in 2024-2025 to support the implementation of the
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 statutory duty.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

N/A - The DLUHC funding is accompanied by guidance on
use of the funding which states it ought to be utilised within the
parameters determined by the guidance.

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

N/A

Dispensations Granted:
(If
any)

N/A

Reports or parts of
reports considered

The
Report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment -
Domestic Abuse Duty Funding Proposals for the Financial Year
2024-25

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
approve the proposals for the 2024-2025
financial year in relation to domestic abuse duty
funding.
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
Dated:
15th February, 2024
 
Name:
Sam Barstow
Job
Title: Assistant Director, Community
Safety & Street Scene
 
 
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