Agenda item

Confirmation of Supplementary Public Health Grants for 2025/26 and approval of grant spend

 

Report from the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

 

Recommendations:

 

 

That Cabinet:-

 

  1. Note the delivery of commitments for 2024/2025 and the impacts of those services for Rotherham.

 

  1. Note the allocations and changes to the supplementary Public Health Grants for 2025/2026.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for spend against the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG) in line with grant conditions.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for the spend against the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant (LSSSSG) for 2025/2026 in line with grant conditions.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for spend against the Individual Placement and Support Grant for 2025/26 in line with grant conditions.

 

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report which provided an update on how the Supplementary Public Health Grant funding for substance misuse treatment and recovery and stop smoking and support had been spent during 2024/25. It also outlined the confirmation of allocations and changes to the supplementary grants for 2025/26. Approval was sought to delegate the 2025/26 spend to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Care and Health, in line with the grant conditions and associated plans.

 

The Council had received Supplementary Public Health Grants as part of the governments strategies on Drugs and Alcohol, and Tobacco, respectively. Both Grants had specific conditions attached, including maintaining baseline Public Health Grant spend on the respective core services. The supplementary grants consisted of:

  • Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG) – Rotherham allocation of £2,178,186.
  • Inpatient Detoxification Grant (IPD) – Rotherham allocation of £64,077.
  • Individual Placement Support Grant (IPS) – Rotherham allocation of £165,719.
  • the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant (LSSSSG) – Rotherham allocation of £398,587.

 

For 2025/26, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) had amalgamated several grants into a single Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG). The grants that would be consolidated which were received by Rotherham were SSMTRG and the IPD grant, with the IPS grant remaining as a standalone grant. Rotherham’s allocation for the DATRIG had been confirmed as £2,242,263, which

was the same as the combined amount received through the SSMTRG and IPD grants for 2024/25 with no uplift for inflation. The DATRIG grant priorities were broadly the same as those for SSMTRG. The renewed areas of focus were detailed in paragraph 1.7 of the report.

The 25/26 Grant Plan had been developed in consultation with the Rotherham

Combatting Drugs Partnership (CDP) and was subject to an approval process from OHID. Whilst the DATRIG was made as part of a 10-year national strategy, this was a one year allocation and there was currently no certainty of funding beyond 2025/26.

Rotherham’s 2025/26 allocation for the Individual Placement Support Grant was £165,719, giving an uplift on the 2024/25 allocation.

 

Resolved: That Cabinet:

 

  1. Note the delivery of commitments for 2024/2025 and the impacts of those services for Rotherham.

 

  1. Note the allocations and changes to the supplementary Public Health Grants for 2025/2026.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for spend against the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG) in line with grant conditions.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for the spend against the Local Stop Smoking Services and Support Grant (LSSSSG) for 2025/2026 in line with grant conditions.

 

  1. Approve the delegation to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the lead member for Adult Care and Public Health, for spend against the Individual Placement and Support Grant for 2025/26 in line with grant conditions.

 

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