Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/15/016

Cabinet Member: Stephen Edwards           Lead Officer: Davina Howes

(For reference purposes, St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Report Number is CAB/SE/15/019)

RESOLVED: That

(1)     the phase one implementation of Universal Credit across West Suffolk be noted;

(2)     the broad content of the Universal Credit Delivery Partnership Agreement attached at Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/15/016 be agreed and delegated authority be given to the Head of Families and Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources, Governance and Performance to make final amendments to this document;

(3)     delegated authority be given to the Head of Families and Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, to negotiate  the costs being sought from the Department for Work and Pensions to support the implementation of Universal Credit (Appendix A, Schedule Two); and

(4)     it be noted that review periods will be arranged with the Department of Work and Pensions in order to assess the actual impact of Universal Credit in the area.

Further to the joint informal discussions held prior to the meeting with Forest Heath District Council’s Cabinet on Report No: CAB/FH/15/016, Universal Credit Delivery Partnership Agreement, it was proposed, seconded and,

RESOLVED: That

(1)     the phase one implementation of Universal Credit across West Suffolk be noted;

(2)     the broad content of the Universal Credit Delivery Partnership Agreement attached at Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/15/016 be agreed and delegated authority be given to the Head of Families and Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources, Governance and Performance to make final amendments to this document;

(3)     delegated authority be given to the Head of Families and Communities, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, to negotiate  the costs being sought from the Department for Work and Pensions to support the implementation of Universal Credit (Appendix A, Schedule Two); and

(4)     it be noted that review periods will be arranged with the Department of Work and Pensions in order to assess the actual impact of Universal Credit in the area.