Port Health Transition Fund determination 2020 to 2021
Updated 28 July 2022
Applies to England
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The Secretary of State for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (“Secretary of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determinations:
Citation
These determinations may be cited as the Port Health Transition Fund Determination (Grant 1 - 2020) [No31/5242] and Port Health Transition Fund Determination (Grant 2 – 2020) [No31/5278].
Purpose of the grant
The grant is to provide local authorities in England with the funding they require to prepare for new sanitary checks on imports of animal products from the EU that will be introduced in stages after the end of the transition period. The funding covers two broad types of costs that will be incurred by local authorities:
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salary costs of new staff who will need to be recruited and trained prior to the commencement of checks from April 2021, after which point authorities will be able to recover costs via fees and charges
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non-staff costs including, but not limited to, recruitment, training, equipment, systems
Further information on the staged introduction of checks on EU imports is contained in The Border Operating Model.
Determination
The Secretary 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 table of allocations.
This will be paid to local authorities in the form of single non-ring-fenced grants in November and December 2020. 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.
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 £14 million.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Darren Jaundrill, Deputy Director, SPS Borders and Boundaries
November 2020
Conditions
The Senior Responsible Owner for this grant, Darren Jaundrill, will require the local authority responsible officer to confirm at the end of each financial year that the funding has been properly expended.
Formal reporting to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on progress is not a condition of this grant.
The department has, however, asked local authorities to provide contact details for the relevant lead managing the delivery of port health transition and readiness, to whom we will provide additional guidance and support. The department will ask the local authority to provide voluntary reports at each transition stage confirming activity that has taken place or been funded. The department would welcome any information about effective practice and activity that can be shared across all local authorities.
Table of allocations
| Local Authority | Grant 2020 to 2021 |
|---|---|
| Ashford Borough Council | £4,643,368.00 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £105,991.00 |
| Bristol Council | £92,237.00 |
| City of London | £714,303.00 |
| Crawley Borough Council | £10,000.00 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | £105,166.00 |
| Dover District Council | £4,136,185.00 |
| East Suffolk District Council | £1,124,124.00 |
| Hillingdon London Borough | £149,477.00 |
| Kingston Upon Hull City Council | £537,659.00 |
| Lancaster City Council | £169,916.00 |
| Lewes District Council | £91,322.00 |
| Liverpool City Council | £472,456.00 |
| Manchester City Council | £34,044.00 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | £831,266.00 |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | £16,696.00 |
| Plymouth City Council | £58,924.00 |
| Portsmouth City Council | £477,895.00 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | £179,219.00 |
| Southampton City Council | £46,067.00 |
| Uttlesford District Council | £21,200.00 |
| England total | £14,017,515.00 |