Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Manchester Evening News article, Greater Manchester is still owed £1 million by the government for battling last summer's moorland blazes, published on 6 February 2018, when his Department plans to issue its response to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s application for funding under the Bellwin Scheme.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has made an application to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government for financial help through the Bellwin Scheme in respect of the additional costs incurred for battling last summer’s moorland blazes. The application is being considered by both the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Home Office who are the Department with responsibility for fire. A decision on that application is expected soon.
The table below sets out the Bellwin payments that have been made to local authorities between May 2015 and December 2018.
BELLWIN PAYMENTS 2015-16 to 2018-19 | ||
YEAR OF PAYMENT | LOCAL AUTHORITY | GRANT PAID, £ |
2015-16 Total for year |
| 0 |
2016-17 | Allerdale Borough Council | 218,274 |
| Bury Council | 111,490 |
| Calderdale Council | 1,029,731 |
| Carlisle City Council | 377,912 |
| Chorley Council | 74,238 |
| City of York Council | 170,700 |
| Cumbria County Council | 2,185,838 |
| Eden District Council | 23,077 |
| Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service | 63,123 |
| North Yorkshire County Council | 176,449 |
| North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority | 302,982 |
| Northumberland County Council | 1,082,555 |
| Ribble Valley Borough Council | 50,903 |
| Rochdale Borough Council | 139,674 |
| Salford City Council | 80,485 |
| Selby District Council | 13,740 |
| South Lakeland | 177,581 |
| District Council Wyre Council | 15,701 |
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Total for year |
| 6,294,453 |
2017-18 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council | 6,753,849 |
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Total for year | 6,753,849 | |
2018-19 (to date) | North Norfolk District Council | 8,825 |
| Scarborough Borough Council | 171,471 |
| Waveney District Council | 88,280 |
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Total for year |
| 268,576 |
Total over last 4 years |
| 13,316,878 |
*Payments may not necessarily be in the same financial year as the incidents occurred. The amount claimed is net of threshold and grant rate.