Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish guidance for local authorities on the criteria for dispensing the £1,000 grant to wet-led pubs in lieu of Christmas trade in Tier 2 and 3 local covid alert level areas.

Guidance for the Christmas Support for ‘wet-led’ Pubs was published on 9^th December 2020 for local authorities and businesses. The criteria for qualification and funding is detailed in the guidance. Local authorities are responsible for the distribution of the grant to qualifying businesses.

Further information can be found on GOV.UK: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/946376/christmas-support-payment-la-guidance.pdf.