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Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 140101, tabled on 19 January 2021

Question

Lucy Powell
Labour
Manchester Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding each local authority has received under the latest one-off business grants announcement for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses; and how much each local authority area has disbursed.

Answer

Paul Scully
Conservative
Sutton and Cheam
Commons

Answered on

25 January 2021

On 5 January 2021, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced one-off top-up grants, worth up to £9,000 per property, to help retail, hospitality and leisure businesses affected by the new closures through to Spring.

We have worked with Local Authorities to best calculate the amount of funding required, using business rates data and local business information. We are working with places to ensure that funding reaches businesses that are in scope as quickly as possible.

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