Agenda item

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that the outcome of the consultation on proposals for the introduction of both Housing Benefit and Board payments as part of the allowance paid to Shared Lives carers (long term placements), as detailed in the report now submitted, be noted;

(ii)       that the proposed changes be approved for implementation from 3^rd April, 2017; and

(iii)      that the Council adopts the least impactful approach to the collection of both Housing Benefits and Board payments so that the manner in which the Shared Lives Carers Allowance is currently paid remains unchanged.