Business: Blackpool

(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of funding provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 outbreak through the (a) Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Grant Fund, (b) Small Business Grant Fund and (c) Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund.


Answered by
Dean Russell Portrait
Dean Russell
This question was answered on 18th October 2022

The figures below display the value of Covid-19 grants paid by Blackpool Council to small and medium businesses in their local area.

Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

£45,005,000

Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund

£2,422,000

Local Restrictions Support Grant

£32,032,283

Additional Restrictions Grant

£4,668,663

Christmas Support Payment

£106,000

Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

£3,951,688

A full breakdown of grant funding allocated to, and distributed by, each Local Authority, is available here.

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