Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local
Government
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Tel: 0303 444 0000
www.gov.uk/mhclg
Abdul Hai
Date:
23 December 2020
Dear Abdul Hai,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 -
9901131
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 8 December 2020
and considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You requested:
“Can you provide me with a list of authorites which have refused to publish how they spent
the grant money which they have been given for COVID for businesses and other
organisations?”
We are writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and electronic records,
the information you requested is not held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government. The department does not keep records of any local authorities who
have consciously refused to publish how they spend the business support grant monies
they have received during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For your information, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have
published a detailed list of the funding received by local authorities to support small and
medium businesses in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is accessible at the
following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-
authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Knowledge and Information Access Team
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2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF
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Kind regards,
MHCLG FOI Team