Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To approve the deployment of funding to
schools, academies, colleges and early years’ providers and
to eligible care leavers to provide supermarket vouchers following
extension of the scheme for the summer holiday period
To approve the deployment of funding to
schools, academies, colleges and early years’ providers to
provide supermarket vouchers totalling £75 per eligible child
(£15 per week for five weeks) prior to the start of the
Summer 2021 school holiday break.
To approve the allocation of supermarket vouchers totalling
£75 (£15 per week for five weeks) per eligible care
leavers prior to the start of the Summer 2021 school break.
The local eligibility framework was approved
by the Chief Executive under emergency powers on 26 November 2020
and the final deployment of the Covid Winter Grant was reported to
The Executive on 9 March 2021. The Covid Grant support was extended
on 14 April 2021 to cover the period to 20 June 2021 and a further
extension has now been announced by DWP on 22 June to cover the
summer holiday period.
This will be the final extension of the Covid Local Support Grant
to cover the period 21st June 2021 to 30th September 2021. North
Yorkshire County Council will receive a grant allocation of
£1,350,966.
This decision was taken under Rule 16 special urgency and call in
exemptions procedures due to the urgency in confirming arrangements
for the Summer holidays for families experiencing financial
hardship across the County.
Publication date: 05/07/2021
Date of decision: 29/06/2021
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