Key information
Request reference number: MGLA030625-7262
Date of response:
Summary of request
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following information:
Please can you break down how the Greater London Authority has spent the money allocated to you from the government under the Community Recovery Fund that was set up after the Southport stabbing riots.
The CRF offered a flat rate of £600,000 to eligible councils to be spent before the end of the financial year 2024/25, as explained here
Please explain in the clearest possible terms how you spent this money.
Response
I can confirm that the GLA holds the information in scope of your request.
The GLA has spent the money allocated to us by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government under the Community Recovery Fund as follows:
• £510,000 revenue expenditure to London Councils, for onward dissemination to London Boroughs.
• £90,000 capital expenditure to the London Legal Support Trust, for onward dissemination to organisations providing free legal advice in London.
More information about the programme in London is available here: