Item 13 - Priority 3 Underspend: addressing issues related to No Recourse to Public Funds (G10/19)

Summary
 
The Priority 3 strand of the 2017-2021 London Councils Grants Programme – Tackling poverty through employment – completed delivery at the end of June 2019.
As reported to Grants Committee, the programme will under-deliver against the original targets set (both activity and financial). The programme is estimated to outturn on completion at £3,019,000; half this value is attributable to the Grants programme. Accounting for staffing costs (see Financial Implications), it is projected that £1,066,000 will be returned to the Grants Programme once Priority 3 has been finalised.
Following a meeting of the Grants Committee Executive on 7 February 2019 and full Grants Committee on 20 March 2019 to discuss options for redeploying the underspend, this paper sets out opportunities to reduce the impact of No Recourse to Public Funds on boroughs, to further combat homelessness (Priority 1) and tackle sexual and domestic violence (Priority 2).
 
Recommendations 
Grants Committee is asked to:
• discuss and consider the options presented in Section 5 of this paper
• recommend an option for Grants investment, and;
o task officers with undertaking the detailed work necessary to implement the agreed option
o agree that officers should consult with and keep Grants Executive informed of activity before the next Grants Committee meeting in November