Decision details

The Director of Public Health, Dr Lincoln Sargeant has approved the North Yorkshire County Council COVID-19 Outbreak Control Plan in response to the Government’s launch of the Test and Trace programme.
The Plan will be supported by a ring-fenced grant from central government of £2,022,850 which will support local delivery of Test and Trace.
The Plan comes into effect immediately and is expected to continue for 12-18 months.

PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in committee management system that we use.
As part of the UK Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a national Test and Trace system was launched by the Government on 27 May 2020. This is a central part of the Government’s recovery strategy.
Achieving the objectives of Test and Trace requires coordinated efforts from local and national government. Local planning and response will be an essential part of the Test and Trace service, and local government has a central role to play in the identification and management of infection.
All upper tier local authorities were required by the Department for Health and Social Care to develop a Covid-19 outbreak management plan, by June 2020.
The North Yorkshire Outbreak Management Advisory Board and the Leader of the Council and the relevant Executive Members were consulted in the making of this decision.
The Outbreak Control Plan for North Yorkshire will subsequently be considered for endorsement by the Executive on 14 July 2020, along with the approval of any ancillary decisions required to implement the Plan, including, but not limited to, agreeing that the Director of Public Health should make any future in year changes to the Plan.