Business: Floods
(asked on 9th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) paid for the Business Recovery Grant in each financial year since 2023-24; and what the value of grants paid was in each year.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Business Recovery Grants following Storm Babet and Storm Henk were administered by eligible Local Authorities who hold the full application data for their areas.
Local Authorities were reimbursed by DBT for eligible expenditure as detailed below:
FY 24-25:
Storm Babet
Number of grants reimbursed by DBT as eligible | 509 |
Total value reimbursed by DBT | £1,269,200.00 |
Number of LAs reimbursed | 39 |
Storm Henk
Number of grants reimbursed by DBT as eligible | 328 |
Total value reimbursed by DBT | £823,500.00 |
Number of LAs reimbursed | 40 |