Issue - meetings

To receive the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Cabinet held on 24 October 2018 and 28 November 2018 (to follow) and the following recommendations to be agreed:

24 October 2018

PROPOSAL FOR A FORM OF INDEMNITY TO BE GRANTED TO MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Recommendation:

That approval be given to refresh the existing indemnity and adopt a form of indemnity as detailed in appendix of the submitted report.

(Link to Cabinet report: http://tameside.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s40920/Item%204c%20-%20Indemnity%20Report%20FINAL.pdf )

28 November 2018

COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNT FOR CARE LEAVERS AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 25

Recommendation:

That Council agree to amend the Council Policy to reflect the AGMA protocols to:

(i)      Award a Council Tax discount of up to 100% of the Council Tax due up to a care leavers 25th birthday.     

(ii)     If the care leaver is joint and severally liable for the Council Tax that is due or becomes a member of a household where a previous exemption or disregard is in place, such as a Single Person Discount or Student Exemption, the care leaver should be ignored for the purposes of retaining the Council Tax exemption/disregard.

(iii)    Care leavers up to aged 25 to be included as a specific vulnerable group in the Council’s discretionary financial support policies including the Welfare Provision Scheme, the Discretionary Council Tax Support Scheme and the Discretionary Housing Payment scheme.

(iv)    For the purposes of this report a care leaver is defined as an individual whom a Council has Corporate Parent responsibilities for.  This includes a person who is currently resident in the Greater Manchester area and has been in the care of a local authority (looked after) for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 and who was in care on their 16th birthday.

(v)     If approved this decision would be effective from the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year and, as such, any awards would be backdated to 1 April 2018 where appropriate. 

(Link to Cabinet report: http://tameside.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s43914/ITEM%206c%20-%20GM%20Care%20leaver%20FINAL.pdf )