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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

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

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
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk