Dear Gabriel Syme,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref: 53/2020

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Sally Henry | Governance Officer

Tees Valley Combined Authority

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Dear Gabriel Syme,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 53/2020

Thank you for your correspondence. In response to your request I can now
provide the following information. 

 You asked:-

1. How much State Aid has been awarded to Teesside International Airport
Limited since 1 November 2018?

To help me get my head around this, it would be really useful to also see
the date when each State Aid been made available to the airport and for
how much.

2. How much Tees Valley Combined Authority money has been invested in
Teesside International Airport Limited since 1 November 2018 on a
commercial basis? When has each investment been made into the airport and
for how much?

3. How much public funding has been awarded to Teesside Airport Business
Park and when? Please provide the business case for such investment.

Our response is:-

 1. No State aid Grant has been provided to TIAL since 1 November 2018.
All amounts provided to this entity by TVCA have been on a commercial
basis.
 2. TVCA cabinet has approved the following commercial investment The
Business Cases supporting these are publicly available on the TVCA
website.:

 a. In January 2019

                                                    i.     £5m to buy
housing land

                                                   ii.     £35m to
purchase the airport site and operations

                                                 iii.     £34.4m of
commercial loan facilities to support operations and capital investment in
respect of a 10 year turn around plan. As at 30 November £14.7m of this
loan has been drawn down

 b. In December 2019, £23.6m to fund enabling infrastructure to open up
employment land on the south side of the airport. As at 30 November
£441,000 of this loan has been drawn down.

 2. No public funding has been provided to Teesside Airport Business Park.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.

However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint by writing to:

Group Chief Executive, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Cavendish House,
Teesdale Business Park, Stockton on Tees, TS17 6QY. 

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Yours sincerely,

Sally Henry | Governance Officer

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Dear Tees Valley Combined Authority,

At a time when other airports are facing unprecedented difficulty, I’ve
read with interest the announcements about the expansion of Teesside
International Airport.  Please can you help me understand what is going on
by answering the following questions:

1. How much State Aid has been awarded to Teesside International Airport
Limited since 1 November 2018?  

To help me get my head around this, it would be really useful to also see
the date when each State Aid been made available to the airport and for
how much. 

2. How much Tees Valley Combined Authority money has been invested in
Teesside International Airport Limited since 1 November 2018 on a
commercial basis? When has each investment been made into the airport and
for how much?

3. How much public funding has been awarded to Teesside Airport Business
Park and when? Please provide the business case for such investment.

Yours faithfully,

Gabriel Syme

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Dear Gabriel Syme,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 05/2021

Thank you for your correspondence received on 18^th January, 2021. In
response to your request I can now provide the following information. 

You have asked:

"The response to question 3 appears to be contradicted by the airport
website."

The airport website states:

"The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority previously committed to an
investment of £23.6million for the development critical infrastructure,
including connecting the site to the main utilities and provide access to
the Southside of the airport from the A67."

Our response (Ref: 53/2020)  to you dated 30^th November, 2020 was:-

1.            No State aid Grant has been provided to TIAL since 1
November 2018. All amounts provided to this entity by TVCA have been on a
commercial basis.

2.            TVCA cabinet has approved the following commercial
investment. The Business Cases supporting these are publicly available on
the TVCA website.:

a.            In January 2019

i.             £5m to buy housing land

ii.            £35m to purchase the airport site and operations

iii.           £34.4m of commercial loan facilities to support operations
and capital investment in respect of a 10 year turnaround plan. As at 30
November £14.7m of this loan has been drawn down

b.            In December 2019, £23.6m to fund enabling infrastructure to
open up employment land on the south side of the airport. As at 30
November £441,000 of this loan has been drawn down.

3.            No public funding has been provided to Teesside Airport
Business Park.

The £23.6m commercial Loan investment in TIAL for the development of
critical infrastructure referred to on the airport website is the same
£23.6m of enabling infrastructure funding referred to at section b. of the
previous response (above) on 30^th November, 2020.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.

However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has
been handled, you can submit a complaint by writing to:

Group Chief Executive, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Cavendish House,
Teesdale Business Park, Stockton on Tees, TS17 6QY. 

If, after your complaint has been determined, 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 (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.  Telephone: 0303 123 1113:  Website:
[1]www.ico.gov.uk. 

The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Sally Henry | Governance Officer

Tees Valley Combined Authority

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