Decision details

634 - Covid Local Support Grant - Phase 4 Proposal

Decision Maker: Chief Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Decisions set out in the book have been made under delegated powers by the Chief Executive, Executive Directors or the Chief Finance Officer and Monitoring Officer, in consultation either with the relevant committee or Lead Councillor.
The Decision Book process has been altered to suspend the current Councillors’ call-in arrangements within the 10-day period after its publication and replace it with the ability during that period for three Councillors to request a retrospective review of the decision in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services.
The decision book can be accessed on the Council’s website – https://democracy.reading.gov.uk/mgListOfficerDecisions.aspx?bcr=1&BAM=0
The officer reports accompanying the decisions are attached.
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Decision:

This report sets out the decision to use additional Covid Local Support Grant (previously named Covid Winter Grant Scheme) of £109,294, received from the Department for Work and Pensions, as set out in 2.1 (a) below, and provide an update on the scheme.
It is the decision of the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council that the £109,294 Covid Local Support Grant funding is used to provide the following:
(a) A targeted food voucher scheme for families with school age children eligible for Pupil Premium Free School Meals, vulnerable 2 year olds and care leavers (1 x £25 voucher per child) to cover May Half Term 2021.

Publication date: 17/06/2021

Date of decision: 17/06/2021

Accompanying Documents: