Decision details

In accordance with the attached Officer Decisions Record, the Director (Resources and Property) has made a decision on the implementation of the Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Fund, following the allocation of funding from Government.

The Director (Resources and Property) has made the decision to use the following approach to allocate the Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding payments to households:

1.   To replicate the Government eligibility criteria for the scheme, as set out in the Government guidance [not published at this point].

2.   For the scheme to be administered by Anglia Revenues Partnership.

·         Councils are required to implement the Government’s prescribed arrangements for distributing the Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding from Government.

·         The funding is critical to supporting householders who are impacted by rising energy prices and who are not eligible for the main Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding support.

·         This decision was within the delegation given to the Director for Resources and Property.

No other options were considered as local authorities are required by Government to administer the scheme.