Asked by: Nicola Richards (Conservative - West Bromwich East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total amount of financial support provided to each local authority in England during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)
MHCLG works with other government departments to ensure local authorities are fully supported to deliver their vital role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, we have allocated over £8 billion so far to support local authorities during the pandemic. This includes £7.5 billion allocated directly to councils to address expenditure pressures, and over £500 million of payments from the first round of our sales, fees and charges compensation scheme. This does not include the £3 billion of additional financial support committed to councils for the COVID-19 response in 2021-22.
A full breakdown of the funding we have captured in this assessment is set out below:
Fund Name | Funding (£m) |
COVID-19 2020/21 emergency unringfenced funding for LAs (Tranches 1-4) | 4,607 |
Contain Outbreak Management Fund | 978 |
Infection Control Fund | 1,146 |
Adult Social Care Rapid Testing Fund | 149 |
Workforce Capacity Fund for Adult Social Care | 120 |
Local authority compliance and enforcement grant | 30 |
Funding to support the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable | 33 |
Reopening High Streets Safely Fund | 50 |
Next Steps Accommodation Programme | 92 |
Emergency Support for Rough Sleepers | 3 |
Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies | 63 |
Additional Funding for Home to School Travel | 71 |
COVID Winter Grant Scheme | 170 |
SFC Compensation Scheme (first round) | 528 |
Total | 8,040 |
Attached is a breakdown of this £8 billion of funding by region and by local authority. This reflects the department’s current best understanding and further payments will be made to local authorities this financial year in due course including: additional funding from further rounds of the sales, fees and charges scheme; and additional funding that will be provided through the Contain Outbreak Management Fund to tackle the spread of the virus – worth over £225 million a month during the national lockdown.
Also attached is a breakdown in relation to England’s ceremonial counties. For this, the following caveats apply: