RES/FIN - the provision of vouchers on behalf of Bristol City Council (Free School Meals and Household Support) over May and Summer 2022

Following the Chancellors' budget announcement of a doubling of the existing £4m grant to Bristol via the government (DWP) Hardship Support Fund, it has been agreed that free school meals children (c22,000) should each receive a £15 'food' (supermarket voucher) per week for one week for the May/June school holiday and four weeks of the Summer holidays. This award is made under Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6255.