Cabinet Member for Finance

The Cabinet Member for Finance thanked the Scrutiny Committee for their review of the Discretionary Housing Payment Policy, and drew attention to the Cabinet’s response to the recommendations, as set out in Appendix I to the report.

The Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee thanked Cabinet for their response.

A Member referred to a recent newspaper article in relation to Discretionary Housing Payments, which she considered was misleading to residents.  The Cabinet Members for Housing and Finance undertook to follow this up with the Media Officer.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the response to the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations as attached in Appendix I be agreed.