Coronavirus: West Sussex

(asked on 4th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government is providing to help (a) Crawley Borough Council and (b) West Sussex County Council during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions.


Answered by
Luke Hall Portrait
Luke Hall
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 13th November 2020

Government has provided substantial resources to councils to support their communities, businesses and vulnerable people.

Government has provided West Sussex County Council with:

· £45.9 million across four tranches of unringfenced grant.


Government has provided Crawley Borough Council with:

· £1.9 million across four tranches of unringfenced grant.

· £2.2 million in the Additional Restrictions Grant Bullet and £1.5 million of the Local Restrictions Support Grant.


Any council with concerns about their ability to manage financial pressures should contact MHCLG in the first instance to discuss their situation.

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