Purpose

Approval will be sought to accept the 2024/25 allocation of the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant from the Office of Health Improvement & Disparities.

Decision

The Director of Public Health :

Accepted £985,430 from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities via the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant for the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.

Note that a report will be submitted for the approval of the expenditure of this grant. All of the decisions, regardless of value, will be a direct consequence of this key decision and will therefore be a significant operational decision at most, which will not be subject to call in.