Purpose

To determine revised and final allocations for
the Household Support Grant to include provision for other eligible
actions within the use of Household Support Fund should it not be
possible toachieve full spend of the grant through the approved
provisional allocations.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

Date of Decision:

30th October
2024

Title:

Adjustment to Household Support
Fund (HSF) allocations

Decision Maker:

Jo Brown, Assistant Chief
Executive

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

Minute of the Cabinet decision
on Household Support Fund grant as part of the Finance Update item
on 10th June 2024 resolved that:

‘Authority be delegated to the Assistant
Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Social
Inclusion, to determine revised and final allocations for the
Household Support Grant to include provision for other eligible
actions within the use of Household Support Fund should it not be
possible to achieve full spend of the grant through the approved
provisional allocations.’

In line with appendix 9, section 4C2 of the
Council’s Constitution, the Assistant Chief Executive is
authorised to discharge executive functions in relation to: (6)
Performance, Intelligence and Improvement, including Policy and
Partnerships.

Decision:

To confirm final allocations
for Household Support Fund grant for the period from April to
September 2024, as per the ‘Revised amount’ column in
the table below.

SpendProposal

Approved
amount

Revised
amount

Free School Meal Vouchers

1,585,000

1,586,025

Council Tax Support

500,000

Housing Support

160,000

Energy Support

174,000

181,303

Wider Essentials

25,000

Support for Care Leavers

45,000

36,672

TOTAL

2,489,000

Reasons for the
Decision:

Following approval of the programme by Cabinet
in June 2024, minor changes have been made to allocations based on
identified need over the six-month period.

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

Alternatives have not been
provided as the revised allocations reflect only minor changes and
reflect the accurate final position of need for and provision of
support across the agreed elements of HSF.

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

There are no conflicts of
interest.

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

None.

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Finance Update, report to Cabinet,
10th June 2024

I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision
to….

Confirm final allocations for
Household Support Fund grant for the period from April to September
2024, as per the ‘Revised amount’ column in the table
below.