Decision details

(i)  To note the content of the Disabled Facilities Grant Review.

(ii)  To endorse the Disabled Facilities Grant Review recommendations and Next Steps which are:-

  Work Stream 1.

1.  To establish a cross agency/directorate project group with Senior Project Lead and designated Project Management.

2.  To develop and agree Terms of Reference and detailed Project Plan that will deliver a DFG delivery model in line with the review recommendations to include timescales, resource implications, business and procurement expectations and activity and potential risks.

3.  To implement the agreed DFG delivery model.

  Work Stream 2.

1.  To identify a commissioning manager to work with the BCF Finance Board to establish a methodology for identifying and prioritising schemes that funded through the DFG underspend. To ensure that expenditure is within national DFG guidance and recognises established national good practice.

2.  To establish monitoring arrangements that ensure funded schemes achieve their aims.

3.  To ensure that the agreed DFG expenditure forms part of the wider BCF monitoring arrangements including established local and national reporting.

4.  To have these arrangements in place by the end of May 2021.

The review was undertaken by an organisation which is expert in this field and makes recommendation based upon local findings and national best practice.

The Executive Directors of Wellbeing (Health and Adults) and Communities, Culture & Homes endorsed the decision to undertake the review. Therefore options considered are referenced within the review and recommendations made based upon those options.

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