Decision

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Tracy Kelly, Statutory Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Housing and Anti-Poverty, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council Constitution, do hereby:

Approve the request for additional discretionary assistance (£20,061.17) in excess of the value permissible under policy (£50,000). The total value of discretionary assistance requested will be £70,061.17, including VAT, via a legal charge is £70,061.17.

The Reasons are:

This approval will support a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) policy exception allowing Salford City Council to apply greater flexibility for Individual X which will enable the recommended adaptations to be completed thus promoting Individual X health, wellbeing and independence.

Options considered and rejected were:

Not to approve the exceptions to policy in respect of Individual X.

Assessment of Risk:

Number

Risk

Likelihood

Impact

1

Without the recommended adaptations, Individual X will have little to no independence

High

High

2

Requirement for additional care to support Individual X and their parent with the assessed care needs at home resulting in high ongoing, long-term costs

High

High

The source of funding is:

Salford City Council Disabled Facilities Grant Capital.

Legal Advice obtained: Hugo Hollingsworth, Shared Legal Service

This proposal is in line with the current policy and legislation.

Financial Advice obtained: Stephen Thynne, Strategic Finance Manager

This report considers adaptations required to a property to meet Individual X’s needs. Total cost of the works proposed is £100,061.17 (including a £10K contingency) and it is proposed this is met by £30,000 mandatory DFG, £50,000 discretionary DFG (permissible under policy) and a further £20,061.17 additional discretionary DFG.

It has been confirmed that there is £235K of equity in the property and the discretionary assistance (£70,061.17) will be secured by way of a legal charge.

Procurement Advice obtained: NA

HR Advice obtained: NA

Climate Change Advice obtained: NA

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process:

The relevant documents contain exempt or confidential information and are not available for public inspection.

Contact Officer:    Jessica Ta’ati          email: jessica.taati@salford.gov.uk

This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny Panel.

Signed: Councillor Tracy Kelly                          Dated: 15th July 2025

Statutory Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Housing & Anti-Poverty

This decision was published on 18th July 2025.

This decision will come into force at 4.00 p.m. on 25th July 2025, unless it is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process rules.