COMF grant determination letter 31/5260 (December 2020)
Updated 6 May 2022
Applies to England
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Revenue grant determination (ringfenced): local authority COVID-19 Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination 2020 to 2021 – No 31/5260
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 Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination (2020 to 2021) [31/5260]’.
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 COVID-19 Test and Trace services.
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 grant shall be payable in one instalment in December 2020.
Grant conditions
6) 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
7) 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 £17.94 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
December 2020
Annex A
| Authorities to which grant is to be paid | Amount of grant to be paid |
|---|---|
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £423,199 |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | £406,318 |
| Blackpool Borough Council | £378,496 |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | £534,021 |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | £354,696 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | £534,669 |
| Halton Borough Council | £406,717 |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £474,138 |
| Lancashire County Council | £3,310,883 |
| Liverpool City Council | £1,565,275 |
| Manchester City Council | £1,026,736 |
| Nottingham City Council | £285,343 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | £709,906 |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | £440,347 |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | £413,051 |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | £454,990 |
| Salford Metropolitan District Council | £480,692 |
| Sefton | £868,717 |
| Sheffield City Council | £1,002,605 |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | £567,553 |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | £544,928 |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | £420,630 |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | £440,800 |
| Warrington Borough Council | £270,018 |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | £610,372 |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,018,320 |
| Total | £17,943,421 |
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 team leader of the Public Health Policy and Strategy (Covid-19LAfundingrequests@dhsc.gov.uk) of the Department for Health and Social Care a declaration, with timings in line with normal MHCLG reporting processes:
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 service support grant determination 2020 to 2021: No 31/5260’ 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.