Decision Maker: Managing Director
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To establish the NEDDC Local Authority
Discretionary Grants Fund as directed by Government, as a response
to COVID-19.
The local scheme directly reflects the priorities identified in the
BEIS guidance published on 13 May 2020, with the expectation that
the Fund is launched and payments made from early June 2020.
The Scheme will be administered by the Partnership Strategy Team,
in collaboration with
Economic Development.
Section 47 of the Local Government and Finance
Act 1988 provides local authorities to use their discretionary
powers to provide grant relief.
A local scheme is therefore required to do so.
None. This approach has to be approved to be
able to apply the Government’s guidance for the Local
Authority Discretionary Grants Fund.
Publication date: 23/11/2022
Date of decision: 21/05/2020
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