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Section 25 of the Children and Young Persons
Act requires local authorities to provide Short Breaks for families
with disabled children. This is set out in the Breaks for Carers of
Disabled Children Regulations 2011 (or Short Breaks Regulations
2011), which require local authorities to
do three things:
? To ensure that, when making short break provision, they have
regard to the needs of
different types of carers, not just those who would be unable to
continue to provide care
without a break;
? To provide a range of short breaks, as appropriate, during the
day, night, at weekends
and during the school holidays; and
? To provide parents with a short breaks services statement
detailing the range of available breaks and any eligibility
criteria attached to them.
Following part of the Short Breaks Service Review, and through
recent market engagement research. It was found that there is a
limited amount of providers offering Short Break activities
regularly, leaving less choice for SEND young people. The need for
the Capital Grant to support new providers to register as a
provider on the DPS will add extra value and sustainability to
deliver additional activities for this cohort.
Decision Maker: Director of Learning, Opportunities and Skills
Decision published: 11/06/2021
Effective from: 17/06/2020
Decision:
Following the original approved decision to
proceed with the 50K Short Breaks Capital Grantfund, which
supported the Local Offer and statutory duty to provide Short
Breaks, and to
improve range, capacity and availability of activities across the
borough. Funds were awarded as agreed by panel for successful bids.
Totalling £36718.60, with an underspend of £13,281.40.
(Original ODR 1718171).
Lead officer: Dean Mangham
The government has advised public bodies via
the PPN 02_2020 Supplier Relief due to COVID19, to help ensure
supplier sustainability through the COVID19 pandemic.
Decision Maker: Executive Director of Corporate Resources
Decision published: 10/06/2021
Effective from: 01/07/2020
Decision:
To grant supplier relief under the SRS for the
three months period from 1 April to the 30 June 2020.
This decision based on documentary evidence provided by the
providers and assessed by the SRS Panel consisting of Strategic
Procurement, Financial Management and the Schools Transport
Team.
Lead officer: Holly Wilson
LaingBuisson were commissioned by local
government (LGA and ADASS) and worked with the Care Provider
Alliance (CPA), to estimate the additional financial pressures on
independent adult social care providers due to COVID-19. The
summary findings of the report were released to Local Authorities
early June; the additional cost to providers is estimated at
£6.6billion, with nearly two thirds of that cost relating to
PPE, representing the largest single financial pressure on
providers.
The government has advised public bodies via the PPN 20_2020
Supplier Relief due to COVID19, to help ensure supplier
sustainability through the COVID19 pandemic. This was further
enhanced by the ADASS/LGA note circulated 8th April 2020.
The Director of Adults, Health & Wellbeing DASS wrote to
providers 7th May setting out support available through the
Supplier Relief Scheme and confirming that PPE costs incurred were
within scope for reimbursement.
- The Adult Social Care sector is nationally recognised as a
vulnerable market.
- The providers range from those that are locally or regionally
based to multi-nationals but all providers applying through the
scheme operate locally and have a high percentage of staff employed
from within the borough.
- Care Homes are at the forefront of the epidemic and are facing
increased costs related to infection control, including the
extraordinary costs of PPE supplies.
- Most providers are heavily reliant on the Council for
income.
- Essential requirement to sustain providers to ensure care needs
of residents can be met once COVID19 is over.
The providers (as identified in the attached Officer Decision
Record) have applied to the council for additional costs they have
incurred as a result of COVID19. In calculating the level of relief
in relation to the additional costs, the following principles have
been established:-
- Available to all CQC registered Care Homes in Doncaster and
Council commissioned Domiciliary Care providers, including
Supported Living and Extra Care
- Support relates to actual expenditure incurred (evidenced by
invoices/receipts) and therefore provides no basis for an ongoing
fee increase
- PPE costs are outside the scope of costs which providers would be
expected to incur as part of their normal business continuity plans
and will not provide an ongoing business benefit beyond
COVID.
- The relief must be proportionate and sense checked – i.e.
the usage reflects the operational requirements of the
provider
- The relief relates to additional costs incurred and does not
equate to compensation for lost profit (in line with
PPN20_2020).
Relief covers the period March – 29th May 2020 for
domiciliary care, supported living and extra care housing providers
on the basis that the discretionary element of the Infection
Control Fund PC funding can cover PPE costs in June. In light of
the LaingBuisson findings and revised grant circular for the
Infection Control Fund confirming DHSC’s view that the
funding is not intended to fund PPE pressures in care homes, claims
from care homes for PPE in June will be need to considered through
the supplier relief scheme, if no further funding has been made
available from central government.
See attached Officer Decision Record for full details.
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 31/03/2021
Effective from: 22/06/2020
Decision:
To grant supplier relief for PPE when applied
for under the SRS to Residential Care Providers, Home Care and
Extra Care Providers and Supported Living Providers.
Lead officer: Holly Wilson
LaingBuisson were commissioned by local
government (LGA and ADASS) and worked with the Care Provider
Alliance (CPA), to estimate the additional financial pressures on
independent adult social care providers due to COVID-19. The
summary findings of the report were released to Local Authorities
early June; the additional cost to providers is estimated at
£6.6billion, with nearly two thirds of that cost relating to
PPE, representing the largest single financial pressure on
providers.
The government has advised public bodies via the PPN 02_2020
Supplier Relief due to COVID19, to help ensure supplier
sustainability through the COVID19 pandemic. This was further
enhanced by the ADASS/LGA note circulated 8th April 2020.
The Director of Adults, Health & Wellbeing DASS wrote to
providers 7th May setting out support available through the
Supplier Relief Scheme and confirming that PPE costs incurred were
within scope for reimbursement.
- The Adult Social Care sector is nationally recognised as a
vulnerable market.
- The providers range from those that are locally or regionally
based to multi-nationals but all providers applying through the
scheme operate locally and have a high percentage of staff employed
from within the borough.
- Care Homes are at the forefront of the epidemic and are facing
increased costs related to infection control, including the
extraordinary costs of PPE supplies.
-Most providers are heavily reliant on the Council for
income.
- Essential requirement to sustain providers to ensure care needs
of residents can be met once COVID19 is over.
The providers as identified in the attached Officer Decision Record
have applied to the council for additional costs they have incurred
as a result of COVID19. In calculating the level of relief in
relation to the additional costs, the following principles have
been established:-
- Available to all CQC registered Care Homes in Doncaster and
Council commissioned Domiciliary Care providers, including
Supported Living and Extra Care
- Support relates to actual expenditure incurred (evidenced by
invoices/receipts) and therefore provides no basis for an ongoing
fee increase
- PPE costs are outside the scope of costs which providers would be
expected to incur as part of their normal business continuity plans
and will not provide an ongoing business benefit beyond COVID
- The extent of additional workforce costs is beyond that which a
provider would be expected to incur as part of their normal
business continuity plans
- Agency costs for COVID related sick (ensuring that these costs
are net of any salary cost savings e.g. if absent staff have not
been paid in full, the full cost of agency should not be
claimable)
- SSP costs (where they cannot be recovered from Government and
where the absence was covered by additional hours/agency)
- The relief must be proportionate and sense checked – i.e.
the usage reflects the operational requirements of the
provider
- The relief relates to additional costs incurred and does not
equate to compensation for lost profit (in line with
PPN02_2020)
See attached Officer Decision Record for full details.
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 31/03/2021
Effective from: 30/06/2020
Decision:
To grant supplier relief for PPE when applied
for under the SRS to Home Care Providers, Home Care and Extra Care
Providers and Supported Living Providers up to the 14th May
2020.
To grant supplier relief for staff costs when applied for under the
SRS to Residential Care Providers, Home Care and Extra Care
Providers and Supported Living Providers up to the 14th May
2020.
Lead officer: Holly Wilson
See attached ODR for details
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 07/01/2021
Effective from: 30/06/2020
Decision:
To extend the residential care arrangements
for 88 Travis Gardens beyond the current authorised period of 12
months, for a further period of 6 months pending the service being
deregistered as a residential service and transformed into a
Supported Living service.
This extension will enable:
The completion of necessary development of 88 Travis Gardens into 2
x 3 bed accommodation units, re-providing for the 6 people
currently residing there (subject to building regulations and
financial approvals).
The appointment of a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) for 88 with
86 and 84 Travis Gardens (subject to final decision making and
approval of plans and finance).
Lead officer: Julia King
As part of a council-wide review of services,
the decision was made to transfer the School Crossing Patrol Warden
Service from Adults, Health and Well Being to Learning and
Opportunities, due to its significant links to Doncaster
Schools.
The School Crossing Patrol Service operates in alignment with the
academic calendar, providing a crossing warden at those locations
that meet the national criteria (calculated by the number of people
crossing and the amount of vehicles passing). Many of these
crossing locations are situated directly outside of, or in close
proximity to, schools across Doncaster.
Given the strong links between the School Crossing Patrol Service
and Doncaster Schools, and the close relationship many individual
schools already have with their crossing warden, it was deemed an
appropriate decision to transfer this service across to Learning
and Opportunities, where the schools function is managed.
The current management of the School Crossing Service within the
Community Safety Team forms a small part (approximately 20%) of a
full time Community Safety Officer role. In order to facilitate the
future management of the service within Learning and Opportunities,
20% of the Community Safety Officer salary budget has been
requested to transfer alongside the warden roles. This equates to
£9,430 per annum.
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 11/12/2020
Effective from: 29/06/2020
Decision:
A joint decision has been made to transfer the
School Crossing Patrol Warden Service from the Community Safety
Team in Adults, Health and Well Being to Children and Young People
Services in Learning and Opportunities
Lead officer: Bill Hotchkiss
See attached officer decision record form for
full details.
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 05/11/2020
Effective from: 18/06/2020
Decision:
To block book 8 additional care homes beds in
Gattison House on a temporary basis, until 31st May 2020, to
support the hospital discharge process through the Covid-19
response and will be
reviewed on an ongoing basis.
Lead officer: Kathryn Anderson-Bratt
Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling
Service (DRASACS) is an independent charity that has been helping
victims of sexual violence since 1987. DRASACS is able to provide
free support services for people who have experienced rape or
sexual abuse; counselling and an Independent Sexual Violence
Advocacy (ISVA) service which offers practical help and
support.
Doncaster Council and Doncaster NHS CCG successfully secured
additional funding to support DRASACS through a joint partnership
approach with the grant to the charity being passported through a
single route - a section76 agreement.
Decision Maker: Director of Adults, Health and Well-Being
Decision published: 23/10/2020
Effective from: 19/06/2020
Decision:
To approve the transfer of £165,960
under a section 76 funding arrangement between Doncaster Council
and Doncaster CCG for the services of Doncaster Rape and Sexual
Abuse Counselling Service (DRASACS).
The funding is made up as follows:
One-off grant of £68,440 to be funded from the Non Recurrent
Better Care Fund Earmarked Reserve allocated to the Place Plan.
(ODR AHWB.006.2020).
Grants of £27,520 and £45,000 as agreed in the
Mayor’s budget report dated 5 March 2020 for the period
2020/21.
£25,000 Better Care Fund approved as part of Complex Lives
(ODR AHWB.017.2019)
Lead officer: Fay Wood
See attached officer decision record for full
details
Decision Maker: Assistant Director Legal and Democratic Services
Decision published: 15/07/2020
Effective from: 29/06/2020
Decision:
To approve the following application for grant
funding from the Doncaster Community
Fund – Ward Member Budget
a. Rossington SMILE Reference No: 58/DCF/WBCV19/R&B
Supported by: Councillor Blake, Councillor Cooke, Councillor
Cooper
Cost £500.00 (£166.66 x 3 Councillors)
b. Wheatley Park Baptist Church Parent and Toddler Group
Reference No: 65/DCF/WBCV19/WH&Int
Supported by: Councillor Kidd Cost £1200.00
c. Friends of the Crags and Shed Heads. The Crags
Reference No: 66/DCF/WBCV19/Con Supported by: Councillor Pearson
Cost £1500.00
d. Intake Monday Club Reference No: 69/DCF/WBCV19/WH&Int
Supported by: Councillor Kidd Cost £590.45
e. Little Fishes Parent and Toddler Group- St Paul’s
Church
Reference No: 70/DCF/WBCV19/WH&Int
Supported by: Councillor Kidd Cost £225.00
f. Mexborough Youth Club Reference No: 71/DCF/WBCV19/Mex
Supported by: Councillor Gibbons Cost £500.00
Lead officer: Andrew Sercombe
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 30/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 30/06/2020
Effective from: 30/06/2020
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 30/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 30/06/2020
Effective from: 30/06/2020
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Made at meeting: 30/06/2020 - Cabinet
Decision published: 30/06/2020
Effective from: 30/06/2020