AQW 9934/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the money reclaimed from ineligible businesses that received COVID funding or grants will be redistributed to businesses which were eligible for funding but which (i) mistakenly applied for the wrong grant; (ii) applied beyond the cut-off point; (iii) missed out on funding because they were not the named ratepayers on the properties their business operated from; or (iv) missed out on funding due to any other oversight of Land and Property Services.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 9 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 9 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 24 November 2020
- Answered
- 10 December 202031 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The £10,000 Small Business Support Grant scheme, £25,000 Retail, Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure grant scheme and the NI Microbusiness Hardship Fund have all closed to applications and appeals. As this is the case, any recovered payments cannot be redistributed within the schemes. Further allocation of funding for Covid business support measures is a matter for collective Executive agreement.