Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) on Thursday, 9 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 July 2026. It was answered by Blair McDougall (Labour) on Friday, 17 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Business: Floods
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were (a) received, (b) approved and (c) paid for the Business Recovery Grant in each financial year since 2023-24; and what the value of grants paid was in each year.
- Answer
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Business Recovery Grants following Storm Babet and Storm Henk were administered by eligible Local Authorities who hold the full application data for their areas.
Local Authorities were reimbursed by DBT for eligible expenditure as detailed below:
FY 24-25:
Storm Babet
Number of grants reimbursed by DBT as eligible
509
Total value reimbursed by DBT
£1,269,200.00
Number of LAs reimbursed
39
Storm Henk
Number of grants reimbursed by DBT as eligible
328
Total value reimbursed by DBT
£823,500.00
Number of LAs reimbursed
40
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 17538
- Session
- 2026-27
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Business Grants Floods
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-08-13 08:37:37 +0100
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