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<p>The losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for the main department
for the years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 as already held on the record of losses
for the public sector organisations within the departmental group, in accordance with
Managing Public Money (Annex A4.10.7), or as otherwise held for the purposes of special
payment disclosures, are set out below. These disclosures are consistent with the
organisations’ obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p>(a) 2018-19 Total
individual losses recorded for core department under £300,000 were 33 with a combined
value of £1,191,342.49. These relates to write offs on the ERDF and Regional Growth
Fund Programmes and losses of IT equipment. Total individual special payments recorded
for core department under £300,000 were 66 with a combined value of £1,987,285.56.
These relates to annual payments for historic personal injury claims.</p><p>(b) 2019-20
Total individual losses recorded for core department under £300,000 were 43 with a
combined value of £555,063.05. These relates to write offs on the ERDF, Great Britain
High Streets and Regional Growth Fund Programmes and losses of IT equipment. Total
individual special payments recorded for core department under £300,000 were 60 with
a combined value of £1,934,852.67. These relate to annual payments for historic personal
injury claims and payments to local authorities related to NNDR guidance on the business
rates retention scheme.</p><p>(c) 2020-21 Total individual losses recorded for core
department under £300,000 were 10 with a combined value of £294,350.00. These relates
to write offs on the ERDF Programmes and losses of IT equipment. Total individual
special payments recorded for core department under £300,000 were 44 with a combined
value of £981,366.53. These relates to annual payments for historic personal injury
claims.</p><p>Due to the number of payments made, the full breakdown is in the attached
excel file. Losses and Special Payments registers for Arm’s Length Bodies are not
held centrally, and are excluded from the numbers above. The data for the wider department
will be provided in follow up to this initial response.</p>
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