Local authority Test and Trace service support grant determination letter 31/5075 (10 June 2020)
Updated 6 May 2022
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Revenue grant determination (ringfenced): local authority COVID-19 Test and Trace service support grant determination 2020 to 2021 – No 31/5075
The Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Care (‘the Minister of State’), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1) This determination may be cited as the ‘Local authority Test and Trace service support grant determination (2020 to 2021) [31/5075]’.
Purpose of the grant
2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred in relation to the mitigation against and management of local outbreaks of COVID-19.
3) Further information on local authorities’ role in local outbreaks is contained in the letter from the Minister of State for Patient Safety on 23 May 2020.
Determination
4) The Minister of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.
5) The amount of grant to be paid was decided upon using the 2020 to 2021 Public Health Grant allocations as a basis for proportionately distributing the funding.
6) The grant shall be payable in one instalment in June 2020.
Grant conditions
7) Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Minister of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex B.
Treasury consent
8) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister of State obtained the consent of the Treasury to allocate and distribute £300 million.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Department of Health and Social Care.
Hamza Yusuf
Deputy Finance Director
Department of Health and Social Care
10 June 2020
Annex A
| Authorities to which grant is to be paid | Amount of grant to be paid |
|---|---|
| Hartlepool Borough Council | 825,808.88 |
| Middlesbrough Borough Council | 1,566,024.07 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | 1,076,222.60 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 1,310,997.16 |
| Darlington Borough Council | 778,834.35 |
| Halton Borough Council | 948,537.76 |
| Warrington Borough Council | 1,136,884.07 |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 1,366,941.59 |
| Blackpool Borough Council | 1,693,874.06 |
| Hull City Council | 2,235,502.72 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 1,024,000.12 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 1,049,416.86 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 855,156.38 |
| City of York Council | 733,895.66 |
| Derby City Council | 1,807,711.55 |
| Leicester City Council | 2,489,070.98 |
| Rutland County Council | 120,147.69 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 3,126,717.20 |
| Herefordshire Council | 845,090.74 |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | 1,162,281.03 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 2,084,370.28 |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 849,158.76 |
| Bristol City Council | 3,032,572.41 |
| North Somerset Council | 868,715.85 |
| South Gloucestershire Council | 863,028.61 |
| Plymouth City Council | 1,402,003.23 |
| Torbay Council | 886,456.63 |
| Swindon Borough Council | 930,733.48 |
| Peterborough City Council | 1,017,883.09 |
| Luton Borough Council | 1,425,692.67 |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 887,492.25 |
| Thurrock Council | 1,050,883.18 |
| Medway Council | 1,592,918.29 |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 385,454.16 |
| West Berkshire Council | 540,344.69 |
| Reading Borough Council | 901,002.32 |
| Slough Borough Council | 689,507.35 |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 435,649.94 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 499,856.77 |
| Milton Keynes Council | 1,065,306.08 |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | 1,862,523.64 |
| Portsmouth City Council | 1,637,748.28 |
| Southampton City Council | 1,571,230.74 |
| Isle of Wight Council | 700,229.52 |
| Durham County Council | 4,498,138.20 |
| Cheshire East Council | 1,533,331.15 |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 1,513,306.38 |
| Shropshire Council | 1,126,797.29 |
| Cornwall Council | 2,387,296.71 |
| Council of the Isles of Scilly | 11,934.67 |
| Wiltshire Council | 1,586,902.28 |
| Bedford Borough Council | 806,280.97 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | 1,156,291.10 |
| Northumberland County Council | 1,528,974.53 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 1,808,624.02 |
| Dorset Council | 1,287,649.67 |
| Buckinghamshire Council | 1,954,838.29 |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,997,674.53 |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,080,412.95 |
| Manchester City Council | 4,836,534.56 |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,560,230.04 |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,591,757.49 |
| Salford City Council | 1,975,758.13 |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,473,704.48 |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,419,816.57 |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,156,759.14 |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 2,392,100.50 |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,595,940.16 |
| Liverpool City Council | 4,088,730.62 |
| St Helens Council | 1,328,090.83 |
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,995,065.24 |
| Wirral Borough Council | 2,733,018.39 |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,568,553.01 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 2,233,745.04 |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,518,011.99 |
| Sheffield City Council | 3,101,989.20 |
| Newcastle City Council | 2,185,756.39 |
| North Tyneside Council | 1,140,249.80 |
| South Tyneside Council | 1,250,300.10 |
| Sunderland City Council | 2,219,965.78 |
| Birmingham City Council | 8,438,987.65 |
| Coventry City Council | 2,041,189.62 |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,941,764.41 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 2,276,836.30 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,040,716.53 |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,650,559.08 |
| City of Wolverhampton Council | 1,920,236.08 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 3,870,359.70 |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,233,389.62 |
| Kirklees Council | 2,381,214.73 |
| Leeds City Council | 4,141,249.01 |
| Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 2,247,805.41 |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,513,527.36 |
| City of London Corporation | 146,483.74 |
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 1,566,647.11 |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1,599,177.15 |
| London Borough of Bexley | 902,347.95 |
| London Borough of Brent | 1,993,129.23 |
| London Borough of Bromley | 1,369,922.74 |
| London Borough of Camden | 2,460,642.53 |
| London Borough of Croydon | 1,998,175.04 |
| London Borough of Ealing | 2,261,924.24 |
| London Borough of Enfield | 1,582,041.94 |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | 2,159,691.09 |
| London Borough of Hackney | 3,100,890.81 |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 2,020,099.04 |
| London Borough of Haringey | 1,862,361.77 |
| London Borough of Harrow | 1,020,257.85 |
| London Borough of Havering | 1,022,848.11 |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | 1,629,655.71 |
| London Borough of Hounslow | 1,467,890.78 |
| London Borough of Islington | 2,430,588.36 |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 1,932,848.41 |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 940,710.64 |
| London Borough of Lambeth | 2,919,086.38 |
| London Borough of Lewisham | 2,267,069.51 |
| London Borough of Merton | 964,981.76 |
| London Borough of Newham | 2,843,059.72 |
| London Borough of Redbridge | 1,279,157.32 |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 858,104.13 |
| London Borough of Southwark | 2,521,367.69 |
| London Borough of Sutton | 920,329.20 |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 3,220,463.77 |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1,478,904.47 |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 2,541,671.35 |
| City of Westminster | 2,890,797.29 |
| Cambridge City Council | 2,493,304.43 |
| Allerdale Borough Council | 1,717,862.26 |
| Amber Valley Borough Council | 3,859,136.46 |
| East Devon District Council | 2,618,507.72 |
| Eastbourne Borough Council | 2,534,832.19 |
| Basildon Borough Council | 5,783,211.80 |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | 2,221,772.77 |
| Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 4,789,993.11 |
| Broxbourne Borough Council | 4,506,303.15 |
| Ashford Borough Council | 6,311,401.39 |
| Burnley Borough Council | 6,367,419.66 |
| Blaby District Council | 2,308,999.51 |
| Boston Borough Council | 3,069,554.41 |
| Breckland District Council | 3,717,780.43 |
| Corby Borough Council | 3,270,064.69 |
| Craven District Council | 2,022,805.41 |
| Ashfield District Council | 3,802,915.33 |
| Cherwell District Council | 2,858,486.95 |
| Mendip District Council | 1,925,972.09 |
| Cannock Chase District Council | 3,634,364.58 |
| Babergh District Council | 2,789,363.42 |
| Elmbridge Borough Council | 3,477,690.30 |
| North Warwickshire Borough Council | 2,137,781.10 |
| Adur District Council | 3,178,714.67 |
| Bromsgrove District Council | 2,752,192.00 |
| Total | 300,000,000.00 |
Annex B: grant conditions
1. In 2-tier areas, this grant is conditional on upper-tier authorities working closely with their lower-tier partners and ensuring those partners are given opportunities to deliver the outcomes this grant is meant to support where delivery by those partners would be the most efficient and cost-effective means of delivery. In those cases, it is essential that upper-tier authorities provide sufficient resources to lower-tier authorities within the former’s allocated funding (see Annex A) so that the latter can carry out any responsibilities that they are asked to undertake.
2. The Chief Executive and Chief Internal Auditor of each of the recipient authorities are required to sign and return to the Contain Outbreak Management Fund Team at Covid-19LAfundingrequests@dhsc.gov.uk the declaration below, by 30 June 2022.
To the best of our knowledge and belief, and having carried out appropriate investigations and checks, in our opinion, in all significant respects, the conditions attached to the ‘Local authority Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination 2020 to 2021: No 31/5075’ have been complied with.
3. If an authority fails to comply with any of the conditions and requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2, the Minister of State may either:
a) reduce, suspend or withhold grant
b) by notification in writing to the authority, require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant
4. Any sum notified by the Minister of State under paragraph 3(b) shall immediately become repayable to the Minister.