The
Director of Resources and Housing:
- Approved repurposing
of £1.8m from the discontinued loan scheme to free licensing
grant scheme and also note the SLA that is in place between
services to govern management of the scheme.
- Noted that
£1.92m has been allocated to continue taxi and private hire
transitional grants, with the widening of the scheme to Wheelchair
Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) and payment uplift to support licensing
costs.
- Noted the large vehicle scheme retains £1.22m capital for
the processing of the remaining applications.
·
Noted that £0.627m is retained for miscellaneous
administration costs (ongoing communications, operational
management and associated costs of discharging funds and managing
risk).
·
Noted that any unspent funding from the £5.57m
is to be returned to Central Government.