Decision details

Disabled Facilities Grant and the Lifetime Grant

Decision Maker: Executive, Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To report on the actual expenditure and commitment for the Disabled Facilities Grant (2009/10) and the Lifetime Grant (2009/10) provided to enable elderly or disabled home owners in the Borough to live independently.

 

Decision:

RESOLVED that

 

1)        the contents of the report relating to budget spend for the Disabled Facilities Grant and Lifetime Grant for 2009/10 be noted; and

 

RECOMMENDED that

 

2)         a re-allocation of funding in the sum of £50,000 from the existing Lifetime Grant capital funding for 2009/10, to the Disabled Facilities Grant funding be approved.

 

(Officers undertook to provide a written response to Members in respect of the use, if any, that the Council made of second hand equipment, particularly stairlifts.

 

The Chair proposed that the investigation of possible actions to reduce the Priority waiting list be referred to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.)

Report author: Director of Housing, Leisure and Customer Services

Publication date: 13/10/2009

Date of decision: 07/10/2009

Decided at meeting: 07/10/2009 - Executive

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