OSC PROJECT UPDATE
To receive a verbal update on the Welfare report project and to agree any next steps.
Minutes:
Melanie Ponomarenko provided an update on the welfare reform project.
NOTED:
· Overview and Scrutiny was due to monitor the rollout of the housing benefit policy, but this would not go ahead until the policy was agreed by Cabinet.
· The Benefits Cap programme was delayed nationally until September, however Haringey was to pilot the scheme from 1 April.
Councillor McNamara asked for a response from the Leader on the Council’s position on being one of the four pilot boroughs to introduce the benefits cap programme earlier than the rest of the country.
ACTIONS:
Welfare Reform project – service mapping element to be progressed.
ACTION: Melanie Ponomarenko / Martin Bradford
The Chair agreed to ask for a response from the Leader on the Council’s position on being one of the four pilot boroughs to introduce the benefits cap programme earlier than the rest of the country.
ACTION: Councillor Rice