Issue - decisions

That the Cabinet Member for Finance, Property and Corporate Services approved the following:

·         the total budget for the My Westminster programme and DHP as £3.322m.

·         that the underspend of £2.982m as reported in the budget monitor at period 6 is utilised to partially finance this.

·         the governance arrangements required by the Council decision on 8 November 2017 for the Community Fund element of the My Westminster Fund as set out in Appendix A of the report.

·         that the decision to award individual bids for the Community Fund element of the My Westminster Fund be delegated to the Director of Policy, Performance and Communications

·         that the other individual projects be limited to the sums set out in the report in sections 4.4 to 4.6, are transferred to the relevant Executive Directors budget and managed as part of their revenue budgets under the Council’s Financial Regulations

The Cabinet Member for Environment, Sports and Community approved the financing of the remainder of the My Westminster Programme (My Westminster Fund) to the value of up to £0.34m from the projected underspend on the 2014-2018 wards budget.

Reasons for Decision

The reason for the report is to seek Cabinet Member approval to finance and associated governance to the My Westminster programme with the forecast underspend of £2.982m reported in the budget monitor as at month 6 for the financial year 2017/18 with a further budget contribution of up to £0.34m to be funded from the projected 2014-2018 ward budgets underspend.

Stuart Love, Chief Executive,

Westminster City Hall,

64 Victoria Street

LONDON SW1E 6QP