Grants - Freedom of Information Requests

Disclosure Log - Grants

2024

July

Reference: 3517719

Subject:

What funding (if any) do you offer to small businesses in the local area?
How many grants (if any) do you offer to small businesses in the local area?
If funding or grants are offered, please can you provide the specific monetary figures that are available to small businesses in the local area.
How many grants, or funding offers, were applied for and successfully granted to small businesses in the calendar years 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Response date: 3 July 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3517719.

January

Reference: 2565623

Subject:

With regards to the announcement from the Government, in relation to the award of the Salix PSDS Phase 3b grant, I would like to request the following information.

Name of project/s listed in the application.
Has the project/s above started on site? If the answer is no, what is the reason for this?
Are the projects selected part of a wider programme?
A list of the legal, management and property consultants you appointed to complete the design and works.
Procurement routes used for appointing design consultants and contractors.
The name of the lead representatives involved in the project/s listed above.
Has the authority applied for PSDS Phase 3C funding? Please list projects selected for Phase 3c.

Response date: 12 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2565623.

2023

November

Reference: 1867646

Subject:

UK Shared Prosperity Fund
In light of numerous studies that have identified inequalities for ethnic minority and black owned businesses in accessing funding or grants; I would like to know what steps RBC are taking to tackle this. I am requesting information about the number of BAME owned businesses that have applied for this funding and how many were granted the funding. I also would like to know what action has been taken by RBC to promote equal opportunities?

Response date: 03 November 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1867646.

April

Reference: 1084693

Subject:

Please can you send me in excel format the following information:

A list of all commercial properties within your council area with the following information: CARF Relief (Covid-19 Additional Relief Fund).

I would like both Limited and Sole Trader information.

Response date: 24 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1084693.

2022

July

Reference: 910864

Subject:

The FOI request is for the following information:

Listing separately for each year, in the years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 what was the:
1. Total annual financial value of grants given to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector by your authority?
2. Total number of grants given to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector by your authority?
Listing separately for each year, in the years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 of the above grants (question 1) what total number were awarded through
1. Competitive/open grants processes?
2. Awarded as grants in aid?
3. Unknown?
Listing separately for each year, in the years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 what was/were the:
1. Total number of formal challenges you received around your grant processes and decisions on the basis of alleged non-compliance with: State Aid, Subsidy Control, or Public Procurement regulations?
2. And of these what number of these challenged resulted in legal proceedings?

Response date: 22 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 910864.

June

Reference: 906108

Subject:

The Government has put in place a COVID-19 additional relief fund (CARF) under which businesses may be able to receive rates relief for the 2021/22 rate year if both of the following apply:

The business has been affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
The business was not eligible for retail discount, nurseries discount or the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme (AGOSS)

Please provide the following:

The number of hereditaments for which CARF relief has been provided to date by your authority
The value of the CARF relief provided

Response date: 30 June 2022

Response: Response to this request - 906108.

Reference: 904068

Subject:

For the 2022/23 rate year, the Government has put in place a retail, hospitality and leisure relief scheme under which eligible business can receive 50% off their business rates bills for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 - up to a total value of £110,000 per business.

Please provide the following

The number of hereditaments to which this relief has been applied to date
The estimated value of this relief to be granted by your authority for the whole of the 2022/23 rate year.

Response date: 30 June 2022

Response: Response to this request - 904068.

May

Reference: 862364

Subject:

Your council sought applications from local businesses and individuals for the government backed Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG6) , as updated (20 January 2022) by The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.