Port Health Transition Fund determination 2021 to 2022
Updated 28 July 2022
Applies to England
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The Minister of State for Rural Affairs, Access to Nature and Biosecurity (“the Minister of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
This determination may be cited as the Port Health Transition Fund Determination (2021) [No31/5827].
Purpose of the grant
The purpose of the grant is to provide local authorities in England with the funding they require to deliver new sanitary checks on imports of animal products from territories subject to special transitional import arrangements (EEA states, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Switzerland) that will now be introduced from July 2022. The funding covers three types of costs that will be incurred by local authorities in the 2021 to 2022 financial year:
- Salary costs of recruited staff, to enable authorities to retain them in post
- Recruitment and salary costs for new staff where required and agreed
- Certain non-staff costs relating to accommodation, equipment, systems etc.
Further information on the staged introduction of checks on EU imports is contained in The Border Operating Model.
Determination
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 Port Health Transition Fund 2021 table of allocations (below).
This will be paid to local authorities in the form of single non-ring-fenced grants in December 2021. Funding allocations for local authorities reflect the declared requirements of the local authorities via a formal bidding process. These requirements have been reviewed and tested against the modelled annualised consignments.
Treasury consent
Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Secretary of State obtained the consent of the Treasury to allocate and distribute £17.5 million.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Rural Affairs, Access to Nature and Biosecurity.
Joanne Bradshaw
Director of the Biosecurity, Borders, and Trade Programme
December 2021
Conditions
Formal reporting to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on progress is not a condition of this Grant. However, the department is asking local
authorities to continue to consider providing voluntary reports at each transition stage, confirming activity that has taken place or been funded, and to continue engaging with Defra on their readiness through established communication means.
Table of allocations
| Local Authority | Grant 2021 to 2022 |
|---|---|
| Ashford Borough Council | £2,131,184.00 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £123,515.00 |
| Bristol Council | £293,516.00 |
| City of London | £1,696,000.00 |
| Dover District Council | £7,692,480.00 |
| East Suffolk District Council | £1,639,934.00 |
| Hillingdon London Borough | £786,313.00 |
| Kingston Upon Hull City Council | £9,126.00 |
| Lancaster City Council | £126,189.00 |
| Lewes District Council | £292,792.00 |
| Liverpool City Council | £416,156.00 |
| Manchester City Council | £23,350.00 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | £637,669.00 |
| North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | £85,572.00 |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | £53,120.00 |
| Plymouth City Council | £175,385.00 |
| Portsmouth City Council | £1,040,369.00 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | £200,228.00 |
| Uttlesford District Council | £105,690.00 |
| England Total | £17,528,588.00 |