Issue - meetings

Better Care Fund Allocation and the Disabled Facilities Grant Service

 

 

Meeting: 19/05/2016 - Cabinet (Item 92)

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Report of the Food, Health and Housing Manager.

Minutes:

The Food, Health and Housing Manager presented a report, which had been circulated prior to the meeting, seeking approval to increase the 2016/17 capital programme budget for Disabled Facilities Grants and to outline headline proposals to utilise the increased Disabled Facilities Grant / Better Care Fund budget.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

1)     Authorise the increase in the DFG/Better Care Fund capital programme budget for 2016/17 to £820,000 to be fully funded by Government Grant by approval of the virement as detailed at paragraph 2.1; and

 

2)     Note the headline proposals to be explored to utilise the increased DFG budget and provide an enhanced service to local disabled residents.