Agenda item

(a)  That the report be noted.

(b)  That the Significant Decisions taken by Silver as set out in Appendix A be ratified.

(c)  That the update on the Winter Grant Scheme setting out the position regarding the provision of Free School Meals during the February half term be noted.

The Cabinet received a report which set out the further significant decisions taken by officers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and sought ratification of the Executive decisions.

The decisions taken since the previous meeting of the Cabinet included the Additional Restrictions Grant policy to ensure eligible local businesses received Government support; the community testing programme to identify asymptomatic cases; and a series of decisions on how Council services could operate safely within Covid-19 regulations.

The Cabinet also noted Appendix B which set out the support that would be provided to families in terms of free school meals over the February half term.  The Council had decided to use Winter Grant Scheme funding to continue to support the approximately 5,500 children eligible for free school meals by providing food vouchers during half term.

At the conclusion of the discussion the significant decisions in Appendix A were ratified and the update on Winter Grant Scheme was noted.

Resolved –

(a)  That the report be noted.

(b)  That the Significant Decisions taken by Silver as set out in Appendix A be ratified.

(c)  That the update on the Winter Grant Scheme setting out the position regarding the provision of Free School Meals during the February half term be noted.