Decision details

Decision details

Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Funding (2023/03/08A)

Decision Maker: City Treasurer

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Approval of delivery of Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Funding programme, spending an initial allocation of up to £117k government fund to support Manchester households use alternative fuels – such as heating oil, biomass and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – as the main source of heating; and have not received the AFP automatically through their electricity supplier and to increase the revenue budget by that amount for the grant received.

Decision:

The Deputy Chief Executive and City Treasurer approves the delivery of the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Funding (AFPAF) programme, spending an initial allocation of up to £117k government fund to support Manchester households use alternative fuels – such as heating oil, biomass and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – as the main source of heating; and have not received the AFP automatically through their electricity supplier and also to increase the revenue budget by that amount for the grant received.

 

AFPAF runs from 6 March 2023 to 31 May 2023 with final payments made by 30 June 2023. Funding was confirmed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 24 February 2023. The timing of government confirmation of the scheme means that if the scheme were to progress through the standard Key Decision process there would be a delay in the provision of critical support to Manchester residents.

 

As such the Chair of Resources and Governance Scrutiny Committee has agreed that this decision can be taken before the required 28 day notification period has passed and is exempt from Call In

Publication date: 13/03/2023

Date of decision: 13/03/2023

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