Issue details

Contain Outbreak Management Fund – Phase 2

The Leader of the Council is asked to note how the Council plans to use funding of an estimated £1.6m allocated to it by the Department of Health and

Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

from 2 December 2020 to 31 January 2021.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 22/12/2020

This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.

Reason for urgency:
Following consultation with relevant Members, officers and business partners including the Monitoring Officer and with the spoecific consent of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Board Chairman, Councillor Darren Wise, this matter is considered to be urgent to enable the Council to continue with the efforts to tackle the growing infection rates in the Borough. Any delay to this decision being implemented, likely to be caused by the Forward Plan notice period and the call in process would seriously prejudice the Council’s and the public interests. this decision cannot reasonably be deferred.

Contact: Email: jane.west@havering.gov.uk.

Consultees

All relevant Members, officers and business partners will be consulted including the Chair of the O&SB and the Monitoring Officer.

Decisions