Decision details

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has determined under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003 that a grant of £127 million should be paid to local authorities, with £33,433 allocated for Tendring.

The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to formalise the working relationship and expectations relating to the grant funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to local authorities for the purposes of exercising their functions under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (‘the Act’) relating to the provision of support to victims of domestic abuse and their children residing within safe accommodation.

To enter into a MoU with the Government, which has been drafted to set out the principles and practices that will apply to the working relationship between DLUHC and local authorities with regard to delivering the functions under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

While this document is not a legal or binding agreement, all parties entering into the MOU are committed to honouring all their obligations within it.

Option 1 - Not to enter into the MOU with the Government. However, the Secretary of State has determined that, to ensure that local authorities are able to deliver the duties under Part 4 of the Act, grant funding for 2023/24 is to be paid and the MOU sets out the expectations in relation to this.