Central Govt Funding as a Consequence of COVID 19 Pandemic
Dear Woking Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 200, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information in respect of:
funding received from Central Government as a consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic.
1) please itemise all funding received by date from central government from 1st March 2020 up to and including close of business 18th February 2021
2) of the total funding received can you please show to which service areas these funds have been allocated
3) within each service area, can you please give a breakdown as follows:-
- a description of the actual activity / project on which the funding has been spent and
the individual amounts spent
- any pending activity / project for which funding has been identified but not yet put into
place
- any activities or projects that have an ongoing cost and the frequency of these costs and
the start date and end date
4) for each service area details of the amounts of funding which have not been allocated to a specific project or activity within that service area.
Please can this be itemised in spreadsheet form
Yours faithfully,
Mr M P Hay
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From: Mr M P Hay <[FOI #729572 email]>
Sent: 18 February 2021 17:45
To: Comments
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Central Govt Funding as a Consequence of COVID 19 Pandemic
Dear Woking Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 200, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information in respect of:
funding received from Central Government as a consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic.
1) please itemise all funding received by date from central government from 1st March 2020 up to and including close of business 18th February 2021
2) of the total funding received can you please show to which service areas these funds have been allocated
3) within each service area, can you please give a breakdown as follows:-
- a description of the actual activity / project on which the funding has been spent and
the individual amounts spent
- any pending activity / project for which funding has been identified but not yet put into
place
- any activities or projects that have an ongoing cost and the frequency of these costs and
the start date and end date
4) for each service area details of the amounts of funding which have not been allocated to a specific project or activity within that service area.
Please can this be itemised in spreadsheet form
Yours faithfully,
Mr M P Hay
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request.
Reference: (6638-10153819)
Subject: Central Govt Funding as a Consequence of COVID 19 Pandemic
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Your request was received on 18/02/2021 and we are
dealing with it under the terms of the Act.
You will receive the information requested within 20 working days unless
the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to
be withheld. We will write to you in any event.
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Yours faithfully,
Woking Borough Council,
Civic Offices,
Gloucester Square,
Woking,
GU21 6YL.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Information Request.
Our Reference (6638-10153819).
Further to your request for information dated 18/02/2021, I can confirm that your request has been dealt with as a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You requested;
FOI Request Subject ` Central Govt Funding as a Consequence of COVID 19 Pandemic`.
FOI Request Details;
Under the Freedom of Information Act 200, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information in respect of:
funding received from Central Government as a consequence of the Covid 19 pandemic.
1) please itemise all funding received by date from central government from 1st March 2020 up to and including close of business 18th February 2021
2) of the total funding received can you please show to which service areas these funds have been allocated
3) within each service area, can you please give a breakdown as follows:-
- a description of the actual activity / project on which the funding has been spent and
the individual amounts spent
- any pending activity / project for which funding has been identified but not yet put into
place
- any activities or projects that have an ongoing cost and the frequency of these costs and
the start date and end date
4) for each service area details of the amounts of funding which have not been allocated to a specific project or activity within that service area.
Please can this be itemised in spreadsheet form
I confirm that the Council holds information which meets the description contained in your request and the information requested is set out below.
Below is the funding received from Central Government as a consequence of the COVID 19 pandemic.
At this stage this hasn’t been fully broken down into specific projects, so I am unable to provide this information.
Funding From £ Service Area
General Covid Funding MHCLG 1,319,299 Cross Cutting
Compliance and Enforcement Activity MHCLG 40,738 Environmental Health
New Burdens
-Council Tax Support & BR Relief MHCLG 21,432 Council Tax / NNDR
-Business Grants BEIS 188,500 Council Tax / NNDR
T&T Admin Allowance DHSC 37,004 Council Tax / NNDR
Reopening the High Street Safely MHCLG/EU 89,172 Business Liaison
Further amounts were received towards various grant schemes, but these have been passported through to local businesses.
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Yours faithfully,
Chris White.
Business Support Manager,
Woking Borough Council,
Civic Offices,
Gloucester Square,
Woking,
GU21 6YL.
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