Decision details

The Cabinet will receive a report on the Department for Education’s national Holiday Activities and Food Programme for 2021-22 and be asked to retrospectively approve the commissioning and delivery process for the grant funding.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the commissioning and delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme for the 2021 Christmas holiday period, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report;

(ii)  Note the action taken to ensure delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme for the 2021 Easter and Summer holiday periods, as set out in the report;

(iii)  Authorise the Commissioning Director for Education, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Social Care and Health Integration and Educational Attainment and School Improvement, the Strategic Director, Law and Governance and the Managing Director, to conduct the procurement and award and enter into the contract(s) and all other necessary or ancillary agreements with the successful bidders, in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

(iv)  Authorise the Commissioning Director for Education, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Social Care and Health Integration and Educational Attainment and School Improvement, the Strategic Director, Law and Governance and the Managing Director, to conduct future procurements and award contracts for the delivery of the Holiday Activities and Food Programmes in the event that the Department for Education continues to provide adequate funding.