Hillingdon Council Cabinet Member and Officer Decisions
Disabled Facilities Grant 2024-25 Release No 2
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Executive Decision Notice – 18 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
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: AUGUST 2024
DEPARTMENT: HOUSING GRANTS & ADAPTATIONS
SERVICE AREA / PROGRAMME: Disabled Facilities Grant
2024/25
RELEASE NO: 2
Reference No. 1195
Date of decision Wednesday 18 September 2024
Call-in expiry date Wednesday 25 September 2024
Relevant Select
Committee
Corporate Resources and Infrastructure Select Committee
Relevant Wards N/A
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Jonathan Bianco – Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Councillor Martin Goddard – Cabinet Member for Finance
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Member for Finance and the Cabinet
Member for Property, Highways & Transport agreed to the
following capital release request of £551,835 from the
Disabled Facilities Grant Major Adaptations to Property
2024/25 budget.
Reason for decision The amount of grant funding that is being requested has been
established by taking the number of cases currently in the
development stage of the process. Each case has been
estimated at an average cost of £8k and £45k for extensions. An
estimate has been added to the number of cases in
development as it is expected that approximately 10 cases will
move into development each month. This gives an overall figure
of £551,835 to complete major adaptation cases. This enables
officers to have 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
as possible to reduce any risks to the resident and ensure they
can remain independent in their own home.
Executive Decision Notice – 18 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
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 contains information relating to an individual or likely
to reveal the identity of an individual (including the authority
holding that information) and that the public interest in
withholding the information outweighs the public interest in
disclosing it.
Relevant Officer
contact & Directorate
Sarah-Jane Bartlett, Place Directorate
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Implementation of decision & scrutiny call-in
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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 Wednesday 18 September 2024
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
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expiry of the scrutiny call-in period above.
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devices to initiate any call-in request. Further advice can be sought
from Democratic Services if required:
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Executive Decision Notice – 18 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
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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