Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer to allocate the Emergency COVID-19 funding from Central Government (initial allocation: £6.3m) to meet the following priorities:
· Meet the increased demand for adult social care and enable the Council to provide additional support to social care providers.
· Support CCGs in discharging and keeping people out of hospital.
· Meet the cost of extra demand and higher business-as-usual costs of providing children’s social care.
· Provide additional support for the homeless and rough sleepers.
· Support those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
· Meet pressures across other services, as a result of reduced income, rising costs or increased demand.
(ii) Note that the Government has recommended that payment to providers of essential services to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham continue to be made on the basis of them providing the contracted service regardless of their temporary ability to fulfil their contractual obligations, and delegate authority to determine the providers to who this applies to the Chief Financial Officer;
(iii) Delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services and the Director of Law and Governance, to amend or refine the criteria for allocation of the Emergency COVID-19 funding; and
(iv) Delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services and the Director of Law and Governance, to modify or extend contracts and agreements that may be required as a result of the impact of COVID-19.