Decisions

This decision authorises the introduction of the following measures:

a.    The provision of free car parking in all Council managed car parks and on street pay and display or cashless service pre payment parking bays commencing on Monday 12^th April and ending on Sunday, 9^th May 2021

b.    The suspension of enforcement action against vehicles parked in Council managed car parks and/or on street pay and display or cashless service pre payment parking bays for failure to correctly display or purchase parking time during the free parking period commencing Monday 12th April and ending on Sunday, 9th May 2021

Approval will be sought from the Leader of the Council to submit a bid for funding to the Greater London Authority (GLA) as part of the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme. The overall detail of the funding request is set out in Exempt Appendix 1, a financial overview of each development scheme, potential benefits and any risks associated with the bid for grant funding are outlined in the part-exempt financial implications section below.

It should be noted that acceptance of any funding offered by the GLA, as a result of this bid, will be subject to a further detailed report and agreement from Cabinet.

The government is making additional funding available, via the NHS, for the

Implementation of its Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model

Guidance, on how to support the safe and timely discharge of people who no

longer need to stay in hospital (the “Discharge Requirements”).

The report seeks approval:

• to accept the additional NHS funding for pooled funds use under the Better Care Fund (BCF) Section 75 Partnership Agreement (the “Partnership Agreement”); and

• to enter in a Deed of Variation of the Partnership Agreement between the London Boroughs of Havering, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham; and the respective Clinical Commissioning Groups, to effect the necessary changes.

To allow for costs relating to discharged persons aged 18+ to be recharged to the CCG from 1st September to 31st March 2021 in accordance with the NHS England & NHS Improvement Covid-19 Hospital Discharges Finance Guidance within the s75 BCF Deed of Variation Agreement.

The cumulative value of the schemes associated with the decision is: likely to

result in expenditure, which is over £500,000; and to be significant in terms of its effects on communities living or working in two or more wards.