Key information
Request reference number: MGLA300921-4252
Date of response:
Summary of request
You requested:
1. The total number of businesses in London that accepted financial support from the UK Government since the start of the pandemic.
2. Please specify the value of business support provided to businesses in each London borough.
3. Please provide the total value of the financial support accepted from the UK Government by businesses in London.
Our response to your request is as follows:
1. The GLA does not hold information relating to the support provided by other Government organisations. The Mayor of London did award circa £1.5m of European Regional Development (ERDF) grants to 367 businesses, to help them access specialist support and equipment to enable trading through the pandemic and; £1m of match funding to a ‘Back to Business’ crowd funding campaign that matched up to £5,000 raised by businesses.
2. The GLA does not have information pertaining the value of support provided to businesses in each London Borough and you would need to contact the individual local Borough Councils.
3. The GLA does not have information pertaining the total value of financial support provided by the UK Government to London businesses. This information should be sought from central government departments.
If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting the reference MGLA300921-4252.