Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the undistributed portions of the grant made available for hospitality and leisure businesses in response to the omicron variant of COVID-19 will be paid back by local authorities to HM Treasury.

The Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant and the Additional Restrictions Grant schemes closed on 31 March 2022. Following the closure of the scheme, BEIS will begin the process of reconciling payment data and identifying unspent funds. As set out in the guidance for both schemes, local authorities must repay unspent funds within 30 days of notification by BEIS. All funds recovered will be returned to the Exchequer via the Supplementary Estimates process.