Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to support businesses facing challenges as a result of the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Stoke-on-Trent, (b) Kidsgrove, (c) Talke and (d) England.
The Government has announced a package of support for businesses to help with their ongoing business costs in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19. In particular, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been working across Government to provide £12.33 billion of grant funding to help small and rural businesses and businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors manage their cashflow through this period. This support will take the form of two grant funding schemes, the Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF).
Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF):
Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF):
The allocation for support in the local authorities of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme and the total for England is listed below:
Local Authority | Allocation |
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (Kidsgrove and Talke) | £23,876,000 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £57,654,000 |
Total | |
England | £12.33billion |