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Additional Restrictions Grant

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 140099, tabled on 19 January 2021

Question

Lucy Powell
Labour
Manchester Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of businesses that are eligible for the Additional Restrictions Grant (a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) in each local authority area.

Answer

Paul Scully
Conservative
Sutton and Cheam
Commons

Answered on

25 January 2021

Local Authorities have discretion to use the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) to support businesses in the way that best fits their local area.  Eligibility for the ARG is set locally and guidance makes clear that Local Authorities may use this funding for grants or for other related business support as they see fit. The number of businesses that are eligible in each area is determined by individual Local Authorities.

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