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Local authority administered COVID grant schemes

Status: Closed Opened: 29 Mar 2023 Closed: 18 Nov 2023 2 recommendations 25 conclusions 1 report

COVID-19 pandemic restrictions varied over time and between different parts of the country, but all had an impact on businesses, many of which were forced to temporarily close or curtail their operations. The government announced in early March 2020 that it would provide grants, administered by local authorities, to support smaller businesses in England. The …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixty-Eighth Report - Local authority administered COVID su… HC 1234 6 Sep 2023 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
8 Conclusion Sixty-Eighth Report - Local authority a… Not Addressed

Three cohorts of COVID-19 business grant schemes announced from 2020 to 2021.

Three schemes announced in March and May 2020 made up the first cohort of grants, linked to the first national lockdown. The three schemes of the second cohort were announced in the second half of 2020, in response to the local and national lockdowns responding to the second wave of …

Government response. The government response restates the introduction from the Committee report and provides general information about the COVID-19 grant schemes but does not engage with any specific recommendation.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
11 May 2023 Anastasia Osbourne · Department for Business and Trade, David Bickerton · Department for Business and Trade, Gareth Davies CB · Department for Business and Trade, Phil Duffy · HM Treasury View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Jun 2023 — Correspondence from Gareth Davies, Permanent Secretary, Department for Business…
24 May 2023 — Correspondence from Philip Duffy, Director General, Growth and Productivity, HM…