COMF grant determination letter 31/5244 (November 2020)
Updated 6 May 2022
Applies to England
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Revenue grant determination (ringfenced): local authority COVID-19 Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination 2020 to 2021 – No 31/5244
The Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Care (‘the Minister of State’), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1) This determination may be cited as the ‘Local authority Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination (2020 to 2021) [No 31/5244]’.
Purpose of the grant
2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred in relation to COVID-19 Test and Trace services.
3) Further information on local authorities’ role in local outbreaks is contained in the letter from the Minister of State for Patient Safety on 23 May 2020.
Determination
4) The Minister 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 Annex A.
5) The grant shall be payable in one instalment in November 2020.
Grant conditions
6) Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Minister of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex B.
Treasury consent
7) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister of State obtained the consent of the Treasury to allocate and distribute £326 million.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Department of Health and Social Care.
Hamza Yusuf
Deputy Finance Director
Department of Health and Social Care
November 2020
Annex A
| Authorities to which grant is to be paid | Amount of grant to be paid |
|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham London Borough | £1,064,530 |
| Barnet London Borough | £1,979,345 |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | £1,546,256 |
| Bedford UA | £1,386,336 |
| Bexley London Borough | £1,241,435 |
| Birmingham City Council | £5,709,080 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £3,162,648 |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council | £980,392 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | £2,698,880 |
| Brent London Borough | £1,648,855 |
| Brighton and Hove Council | £2,327,080 |
| Bristol Council | £3,707,016 |
| Bromley London Borough | £1,661,680 |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | £4,351,784 |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,057,275 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | £5,228,296 |
| Camden London Borough | £1,350,145 |
| Central Bedfordshire UA | £2,309,184 |
| Cheshire East UA | £1,920,760 |
| Cheshire West and Chester UA | £1,715,355 |
| City of London | £48,605 |
| Cornwall County UA | £4,556,624 |
| Coventry City Council | £1,857,605 |
| Croydon London Borough | £1,933,550 |
| Cumbria County Council | £3,798,949 |
| Darlington Borough Council | £534,015 |
| Derby City Council | £2,058,416 |
| Derbyshire County Council | £5,355,643 |
| Devon County Council | £6,419,000 |
| Dorset Council | £3,028,064 |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,572,768 |
| Durham County UA | £2,650,470 |
| Ealing London Borough | £1,709,030 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £2,729,384 |
| East Sussex County Council | £4,457,832 |
| Enfield London Borough | £1,668,970 |
| Essex County Council | £7,445,945 |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,010,275 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | £5,096,560 |
| Greenwich London Borough | £1,439,710 |
| Hackney London Borough | £1,405,600 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough | £925,715 |
| Hampshire County Council | £11,060,336 |
| Haringey London Borough | £1,343,235 |
| Harlow District Council | £1,255,800 |
| Hartlepool Council | £468,315 |
| Havering London Borough | £1,297,760 |
| County of Herefordshire District Council | £1,542,408 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | £9,516,152 |
| Hillingdon London Borough | £1,534,350 |
| Hounslow London Borough | £1,357,615 |
| Isle of Wight Council | £1,134,168 |
| Isles of Scilly Council | £17,792 |
| Islington London Borough | £1,212,335 |
| Kensington and Chelsea Royal Borough | £780,645 |
| Kent County Council | £12,652,440 |
| Kingston Upon Hull City Council | £2,078,224 |
| Kingston upon Thames Royal Borough | £887,535 |
| Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council | £2,198,935 |
| Lambeth London Borough | £1,630,170 |
| Leeds City Council | £3,965,695 |
| Leicester City Council | £1,771,120 |
| Leicestershire County Council | £5,478,195 |
| Lewisham London Borough | £1,529,210 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | £6,089,792 |
| Luton Borough Council | £1,704,416 |
| Medway Borough Council | £2,228,448 |
| Merton London Borough | £1,032,740 |
| Middlesbrough Borough | £704,900 |
| Milton Keynes Council | £2,155,656 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan District Council | £1,514,100 |
| Newham London Borough | £1,765,670 |
| Norfolk County Council | £7,262,080 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | £1,276,504 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | £1,378,336 |
| North Somerset Council | £1,720,416 |
| North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,039,565 |
| North Yorkshire County Council | £4,944,432 |
| Northamptonshire County Council | £6,026,224 |
| Northumberland County UA | £1,612,170 |
| Nottingham City Council | £1,664,500 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | £4,141,120 |
| Oxfordshire | £5,533,336 |
| Peterborough City Council | £1,618,072 |
| Plymouth City Council | £2,096,800 |
| Portsmouth City Council | £1,719,240 |
| Reading Borough Council | £1,294,240 |
| Redbridge London Borough | £1,526,110 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | £685,750 |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | £990,095 |
| Rutland County Council District Council | £319,416 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,642,250 |
| Shropshire County UA | £2,585,088 |
| Slough Borough Council | £747,695 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,081,870 |
| Somerset County Council | £4,497,800 |
| South Gloucestershire Council | £2,280,744 |
| South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | £754,880 |
| Southampton City Council | £2,020,160 |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | £1,465,000 |
| Southwark London Borough | £1,594,150 |
| Staffordshire County Council | £7,036,480 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | £986,740 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £1,281,875 |
| Suffolk County Council | £6,090,800 |
| Sunderland City Council | £1,388,525 |
| Surrey County Council | £9,159,503 |
| Sutton London Borough | £1,031,745 |
| Swale Borough Council | £1,777,544 |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | £1,438,832 |
| Thurrock Council | £1,394,728 |
| Torbay Borough Council | £1,090,112 |
| Tower Hamlets London Borough | £1,623,725 |
| Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | £1,741,560 |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,427,390 |
| Waltham Forest London Borough | £1,384,915 |
| Wandsworth London Borough | £1,648,385 |
| Warrington Borough Council | £1,050,070 |
| Warwickshire County Council | £4,623,464 |
| West Berkshire District Council | £1,267,600 |
| West Sussex County Council | £6,911,840 |
| Westminster City Council | £1,306,585 |
| Wiltshire County UA | £4,000,192 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council | £1,211,376 |
| Wokingham District Council | £1,368,952 |
| Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,316,785 |
| Worcestershire County Council | £4,766,288 |
| City of York Council | £1,053,090 |
| Total | £326,554,363 |
Annex B: grant conditions
1. In 2-tier areas, this grant is conditional on upper-tier authorities working closely with their lower-tier partners and ensuring those partners are given opportunities to deliver the outcomes this grant is meant to support where delivery by those partners would be the most efficient and cost-effective means of delivery. In those cases, it is essential that upper-tier authorities provide sufficient resources to lower-tier authorities within the former’s allocated funding (see Annex A) so that the latter can carry out any responsibilities that they are asked to undertake.
2. The Chief Executive and Chief Internal Auditor of each of the recipient authorities are required to sign and return to the Contain Outbreak Management Fund Team at Covid-19LAfundingrequests@dhsc.gov.uk the declaration below, by 30 June 2022.
To the best of our knowledge and belief, and having carried out appropriate investigations and checks, in our opinion, in all significant respects, the conditions attached to the ‘Local authority Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund surge funding grant determination 2020 to 2021: No 31/5244’ have been complied with.
3. If an authority fails to comply with any of the conditions and requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2, the Minister of State may either:
a) reduce, suspend or withhold grant
b) by notification in writing to the authority, require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant
4. Any sum notified by the Minister of State under paragraph 3(b) shall immediately become repayable to the Minister.