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Discretionary Housing Payments for 2013/14

 

 

Meeting: 17/03/2014 - The Executive (Item 8)

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To submit a report by the Head of Function (Resources).

Decision:

RESOLVED to adopt the Discretionary Housing Payment Policy (DHP) Scheme as set out in Appendix A of the report.

Minutes:

Reported by the Head of Function (Resources) - That in order to take account of new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) guidelines for making awards, the Council’s DHP policy was updated and amended.  The revised policy was approved by the Executive in March 2013.  It was also anticipated that the welfare reform changes would result in an increase in demand for DHP.  However, at that time, the extent of additional demand for the scheme could only be estimated.  This revision to the DHP policy previously approved by the Executive took account of operational experience gained following the introduction of the April 2013 changes.

 

This was a revision to a policy previously approved by the Executive and therefore required Executive endorsement.

 

RESOLVED to adopt the Discretionary Housing Payment Policy (DHP) Scheme as set out in Appendix A of the report.