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<p>In October last year, the Government announced £30 million of ringfenced grant
funding to unitary and lower tier authorities to support COVID-19 compliance and enforcement
activity. The funding can be used for a range of activity to encourage business, individual
and community adherence to COVID-19 rules. It is ringfenced for any activity which
will support compliance and enforcement of COVID-19 regulations guidance, including
funding for COVID-19 Marshals or their equivalents such as stewards or ambassadors,
thereby helping to control the spread of COVID-19 across individuals, businesses and
in the community.</p><p>Local authorities are best placed to determine how best to
use their grant allocations to encourage adherence to COVID-19 rules. To date, authorities
have reported grant allocations have been used to recruit COVID-19 Marshals or their
equivalents and for overtime costs of existing staff, staff training to work on COVID-19
compliance and communications activity to promote understanding of COVID-19 regulatory
and guidance requirements. The Department has issued a request for all local authorities
in receipt of the grant to report the activity funded and its impact.</p>
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