Hillingdon Council Cabinet Member and Officer Decisions
Disabled Facilities Grant Major Adaptations 2023/24 Release No 2
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Executive Decision Notice – 06 November 2023 Page 1
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OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE DECISION NOTICE
PUBLISHED BY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that the following decision(s) have been made today by
Cabinet Members at the London Borough of Hillingdon:
Title of decision
CAPITAL RELEASE REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2023
DEPARTMENT: HOUSING GRANTS & ADAPTATIONS
SERVICE AREA / PROGRAMME: PLACE
RELEASE NO: 2
Reference No. 919
Date of decision Monday 06 November 2023
Call-in expiry date Monday 13 November 2023
Relevant Select
Committee
Property, Highways & Transport Select Committee
Relevant Wards N/A
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Martin Goddard – Cabinet Member for Finance
Councillor Jonathan Bianco – Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Member for Finance and Cabinet Member
for Property, Highways and Transport agree d to the
following capital release request of £431,607 from the
Disabled Facilities Grant Major Adaptations to Property
2023/24 programme budget (Appendix A).
Reason for decision The amount of grant funding requested has been established by
taking the number of cases currently in the development stage
and application stage of the process. Each case has been
estimated at an average cost of £8k and £45k for extensions.
This gives an overall figure of £671,000. The current amount left
from DFG release 1 is £311,327.14, which, when deducted,
gives us a total of £359,672.86. W ith contingency and fees, this
totals £431,607 to complete major adaptation cases. This
enables officers’ control over service delivery and major
adaptation works can be completed within the timescales
required.
Alternative options
considered and
rejected
An alternative option would be to request capital release for
each property once all quotes for multiple workstreams are
received. However, this was the previous model, and it was
found that urgent / reactive works would have to wait for funding
to be released. The aim is to install major adaptations as quickly
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as possible to reduce any risks to the resident and ensure they
can remain independent in their own home.
Classification Part II – Members Only and Not for Publication
Link to associated
report
That this report be declared as exempt from publication as
it involves the disclosure of information in accordance with
Section 100(A) and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule
12 (A) to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), in
that the report con
tains information relating to any
individual and information likely to reveal the identity of an
individual and that the public interest in withholding the
information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.
Relevant Officer
contacts &
Directorate
Sarah-Jane Bartlett – Place Directorate
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Implementation of decision & scrutiny call-in
[Internal Use only]
When can this
decision be
implemented by
officers?
Officers can implement Cabinet Member decision in this notice
only from the expiry of the scrutiny call-in period which is:
5pm on Monday 13 November 2023
However, this is subject to the decision not being called in by
Councillors on the relevant Select Committee. Upon receipt of a
valid call-in request, Democratic Services will immediately advise
the relevant officer(s) and the decision must then be put on hold.
Councillor scrutiny
call-in of this
decision
Councillors on the relevant Select Committee shown in this notice
may request to call -in this decision. The request must be before
the expiry of the scrutiny call-in period above.
Councillors should use the Scrutiny Call -in App (link below) on
their devices to initiate any call-in request. Further advice can be
sought from Democratic Services if required:
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Further information These decisions, where applicable, have been taken under The
Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and
Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.
This is the formal notice by the Council of the above executive
decision, including links to the reports where applicable.
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