Decision Details

The paper sets out the resource requirements needed to bolster the capacity within services and commission additional services to support Birmingham City Council’s response to Ukraine.

On 6 September 2022, Cabinet:-

(i)        Agreed to allocate funding of £1.422m from the Financial Resilience Reserve to the Ukraine Response programme, covering a period of two years (from Apr 22 to March 24);

(ii)      Agreed to allocate funding of up to £10.5 million from the central Government’s payments of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme to the Ukraine Response programme, covering a period of two years (from Apr 22 to March 24);

(iii)       Agreed that the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, Community Safety and Equalities lobby Central Government for additional funding to meet the extra costs and pressures covered by the £1.422m, particularly given the other calls that will be placed upon the Council’s resources in the coming months as a result of the cost of living crisis;

(iv)      Authorised the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary documentation to give effect to the above recommendations.