Decision details

Date of Decision:

19^th August 2025

Title:

Domestic Abuse duty funding allocation report for the financial year 2025-26

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Andrew Bramidge, Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub Scheme of Delegation - Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

1.      In respect of all financial matters: • Authorisation to spend within approved budgets subject to the policies, Financial and Procurement Procedure Rules of the Council • Authorisation for the virement of revenue budgets in according with the Financial and Procurement Procedure Rules of the Council.

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Decision:

Approval of the funding proposals for the allocation of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Domestic Abuse Duty funding for the 2025-2026 financial year

Reasons for the Decision:

MHCLG provided Domestic Abuse Duty funding for the financial year 2025-2026 of £802,591. This report sets out proposals for the allocation of this funding to support the implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 statutory duty.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

No alternative options considered as Domestic Abuse duty funding provide must be spent on Domestic Abuse initiatives in line with the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the Domestic Abuse strategy 2022 - 2027.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

No

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

No

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

Appendices Included

Appendix 1 - DA training prospectus

Appendix 2 - Equality Analysis - Part A

Appendix 3 - Equality Analysis - Part B

Appendix 4 - Climate Impact Assessment

Background Papers

-       Local Authority Domestic Abuse Duty: 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 funding allocations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

-       Core Spending Power table: provisional local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK

-       Rotherham Domestic Abuse Strategy 2022-27

-       Domestic Abuse Act 2021

-       Recommissioning of Rotherham’s Domestic Abuse RefugeREPORT TEMPLATE FOR CABINET & COMMISSIONER

-       National DA Commissioners report- Victims in their own Right dac_bcyp_main-report_V6-DIGITAL.pdf