Decision details
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To give approval to enter into procurement
arrangements for delivery of the Holiday Activity Programme for
2022 – 2024
Decision:
To give approval to enter into procurement
arrangements for the delivery of the coordination contract for the
Holiday Activity and Food Programme for the next three financial
years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Reasons for the decision:
In 2021, the Department for Education (DfE)
provided funding to all local authorities to deliver a programme of
school holiday activities alongside a food offer for children
eligible for means tested free school meals. The programme funding
was to offer 6 weeks of activities comprising a minimum of 4 days
over Easter, 16 days over summer and 4 days at Christmas. Following
an announcement in the October budget that a further three years
funding will be made available for this programme, starting in
Easter 2022 and ending in January 2025, the Council has been
allocated a grant of £1.3615m for the financial year 2022/23.
The funding allocation is based on the numbers of eligible children
in the local authority area.
Alternative options considered:
None
Publication date: 19/04/2022
Date of decision: 19/04/2022
Effective from: 27/04/2022