Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding a reduction in external funding to Almshouses residents. Members queried how this would be managed if more people needed help in the future and officers advised that Comptroller’s had suggested eligibility be reviewed.

RESOLVED – That:

(a)  A discretionary payment to the five residents affected by the financial changes be approved for a period of three years, as set out in paragraph 10 of the report; and

(b)  The Director of Community and Children’s Services be asked to carry out a review of the eligibility criteria for the Almshouses and report back to the Sub Committee in November 2014.