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<p>Culture Recovery Fund resource grants were awarded subject to terms and conditions.</p><p>There
was some variation in the language of the terms and conditions between Arm’s Length
Bodies. However, it was standard that grantees were required to exercise pay restraint
for at least 18 months from the date of their Grant Agreement, where legally possible
for them to do so. This included – but was not limited to – imposing a pay freeze
for all senior employees (defined as staff earning over £100,000) and a 10% pay reduction
in remuneration to the pre-Covid-19 remuneration packages for employees contracted
to receive above £150,000 per year.</p><p>DCMS did not issue any guidance on the optimal
distribution of funds between different levels of employees within organisations.</p><p>
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