What’s available?

■ Families of children who receive free school meals will receive a £15 e-voucher for May half term and a £30 e-voucher for the two weeks in the summer holidays when there are no events through the Holiday Activities and Food programme. Early Years Children who receive funding for Think 2 and Early Years Pupil Premium will also be eligible. As with previous schemes, the e-vouchers for an estimated 27,000 children will be redeemable in most supermarket chains.

■ All care leavers will receive a £50 e-voucher to help with food costs.

■ The county council will work with district and borough councils to target others in need of support, including pensioners, who will be able to spend the cash ‘as they wish’ on fuel, food or other essential supplies.

■ And the county council will continue the work of the 2021/22 Winter Warmth Project to help those struggling to pay their bills, or are dealing with a breakdown of their heating system. Eligible people will also have access, in certain circumstances, to top up grants for new, more efficient boilers.