Correspondence

Coronavirus (COVID-19): ministerial direction for early payment of grants

Letters authorising the early release of 2 grants to local authorities totalling £3.4 billion to allow them to act on the government’s recent announcements to tackle COVID-19.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP
• Published: 12 June 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Early payment of grants: request for ministerial direction

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Early payment of grants: ministerial direction

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Details

Letters authorising the early release of 2 grants to local authorities totalling £3.4 billion before the end of the month, to allow them to act on the government’s recent announcements to tackle COVID-19.

The first letter is from the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to the MHCLG Secretary of State requesting the ministerial direction.

The second letter is from the MHCLG Secretary of State to the Permanent Secretary setting out the ministerial direction.

Published 12 June 2020