Our reference:  SR-112262 FOI     19657 FOI - New Request               
 
Dear Heather
 
Thank you for your correspondence received on 21st March 2022 in which you
requested the following information:
 
Dear Oxfordshire County Council,
Since March 2020 to present please provide answers to the following
questions:
1. Please provide details of all Government schemes where money was
provided by the Government to Oxfordshire County Council for assisting
with the covid-19 pandemic. For each individual tranche of money received
list the following:
(a) Name of scheme and dates it operated.
(b) Sum of money received for each scheme.
(c) Number of individuals and companies that applied for money for each
scheme.
(d) How many individuals or companies made successful applications for
each scheme and the sum of money awarded to each.
(e) Please provide details of job titles of council employees who decided
if an application for covid money was successful.
(f)How many successful applicants have a connection with Oxfordshire
County Council, i.e., employed by council, councillor etc?
Yours faithfully,
Heather Eastman
 
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested as soon as possible and in any event within the next 20 working
days in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless an
exception applies. This means that the council will respond to you by 20th
April 2022 at the latest.
 
If appropriate, the information requested can be made available in
alternative formats, including other languages, Braille, large print, and
audiocassette. If you require any of these formats then please let me
know.
 
Please contact us if you have any have further enquiries about your
request. We would be grateful if you could quote the reference number
given at the top of this email.
 
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Oxfordshire County Council
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On Mon, 21 Mar at 6:09 PM , FOI <[Oxfordshire County Council request email]> wrote:
 
Our reference:  SR-112262 FOI     19657 FOI - Covid related Finance
Support from the Government since March 2020              
 
Dear Heather
 
Thank you for your correspondence received on 20 March 2022 in which you
requested the following information:
 
Since March 2020 to present please provide answers to the following
questions:
1. Please provide details of all Government schemes where money was
provided by the Government to Oxfordshire County Council for assisting
with the covid-19 pandemic. For each individual tranche of money
received list the following:
(a) Name of scheme and dates it operated.
(b) Sum of money received for each scheme.
(c) Number of individuals and companies that applied for money for each
scheme.
(d) How many individuals or companies made successful applications for
each scheme and the sum of money awarded to each.
(e) Please provide details of job titles of council employees who
decided if an application for covid money was successful.
(f)How many successful applicants have a connection with Oxfordshire
County Council, i.e., employed by council, councillor etc?
 
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested as soon as possible and in any event within the next 20
working days in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
unless an exception applies. This means that the council will respond to
you by 19 April at the latest.
 
If appropriate, the information requested can be made available in
alternative formats, including other languages, Braille, large print,
and audiocassette. If you require any of these formats then please let
me know.
 
Please contact us if you have any have further enquiries about your
request. We would be grateful if you could quote the reference number
given at the top of this email.
 
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Oxfordshire County Council
FREEPOST (RTLL-ECKS-GLUA)
Oxford OX1 1YA
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Our reference:  19657 FOI

Dear Ms Eastman,

Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your request of
20 March 2022.  The Council’s assessment of your request took longer than
anticipated. Please find our response to your questions below, in bold.

Since March 2020 to present please provide answers to the following
questions:

1. Please provide details of all Government schemes where money was
provided by the Government to Oxfordshire County Council for assisting
with the covid-19 pandemic. For each individual tranche of money received
list the following:

(a) Name of scheme and dates it operated.

(b) Sum of money received for each scheme.

Please see attached a schedule setting out the COVID-19 grant funding
received by Oxfordshire County Council and a summary of how this has been
utilised. 

For more information, you may wish to look at pages 207-268 of the COVID
19: Oxfordshire System Recovery and Renewal Framework and COVID Programme
Grants Utilisation Update report.  This report can be accessed through the
following link and was discussed at the Cabinet meeting on 15 March 2022.
[1](Public Pack)Agenda Document for Cabinet, 15/03/2022 10:00
(oxfordshire.gov.uk)

(c) Number of individuals and companies that applied for money for each
scheme.

(d) How many individuals or companies made successful applications for
each scheme and the sum of money awarded to each.

(e) Please provide details of job titles of council employees who decided
if an application for covid money was successful.

(c)-(e) As set out in the response to (a) and (b) Oxfordshire County
Council has not directly run schemes where individuals or companies have
applied for funding related to COVID-19.  Business and individual
applications were via the Oxford City Council and district council teams
for business and individual support grants. Where grant funding was passed
to the districts the county council did not ask for reporting on an
individual applicant level. To obtain that information it would be
necessary to approach those councils direct for a response.  You may like
to do so via the following links:

Oxford City Council -
[2]http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decV...

Cherwell District Council -
[3]https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/5/your-...

South Oxfordshire District Council -
[4]https://www.southoxon.gov.uk/south-oxfor...

Vale of White Horse District Council -
[5]https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/vale-of-...

West Oxfordshire District Council –
[6]https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/about-the-co...

(f) How many successful applicants have a connection with Oxfordshire
County Council, i.e., employed by council, councillor etc.

As per the response above, the Council did not directly run schemes where
employees or councillors were able to apply for grants. For information,
you may find it useful to refer to the Council’s Code of Conduct for
councillors and employees, which is available on the website as follows: 
[7]What is the Code of Conduct? | Oxfordshire County Council

Internal review

If you are dissatisfied with the service or response to your request, you
can ask for an internal review as follows:

• Contact the Freedom of Information team in Customers and
Organisational Development

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• Write to the Freedom of Information team at the FREEPOST address:

Freedom of Information Team
Oxfordshire County Council
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Oxford OX1 1YA

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner's Office,

Wycliffe House,

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Wilmslow,

Cheshire,

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

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Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if
you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely,

Kathryn Wilcox

Head of Financial Strategy

Oxfordshire County Council

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