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<p>MHCLG works with other government departments to ensure local authorities are fully
supported to deliver their vital role in the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In total, we have allocated over £8 billion so far to support local authorities during
the pandemic. This includes £7.5 billion allocated directly to councils to address
expenditure pressures, and over £500 million of payments from the first round of our
sales, fees and charges compensation scheme. This does not include the £3 billion
of additional financial support committed to councils for the COVID-19 response in
2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of the funding we have captured in this assessment
is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Fund Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding
(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID-19 2020/21 emergency unringfenced funding
for LAs (Tranches 1-4)</p></td><td><p>4,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contain Outbreak
Management Fund</p></td><td><p>978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infection Control Fund</p></td><td><p>1,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult
Social Care Rapid Testing Fund</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workforce
Capacity Fund for Adult Social Care</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local
authority compliance and enforcement grant</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding
to support the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reopening
High Streets Safely Fund</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Next Steps Accommodation
Programme</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emergency Support for Rough Sleepers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local
Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional
Funding for Home to School Travel</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COVID
Winter Grant Scheme</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFC Compensation Scheme
(first round)</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,040</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Attached is a breakdown of this £8 billion of funding by region and by local
authority. This reflects the department’s current best understanding and further payments
will be made to local authorities this financial year in due course including: additional
funding from further rounds of the sales, fees and charges scheme; and additional
funding that will be provided through the Contain Outbreak Management Fund to tackle
the spread of the virus – worth over £225 million a month during the national lockdown.</p><p>Also
attached is a breakdown in relation to England’s ceremonial counties. For this, the
following caveats apply:</p><ul><li>Ceremonial counties do not necessarily cover the
same area as county councils. The area covered by a ceremonial county will include
all local authorities within that historical definition of the county. It will include
the county council and shire districts, as well as any additional single-tier councils
within the area.</li></ul><ul><li>A small number of standalone fire and rescue authorities
cross ceremonial county borders. In these cases, funding is apportioned between the
ceremonial counties covered by the fire authority according to population.</li></ul><p>
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