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COVID-19 EMERGENCY ACTIVE TRAVEL FUND (REVENUE) GRANT DETERMINATION 2020-21: No 31/5098.

The Minister of State for Transport (“the Minister of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:

Citation

1) This determination may be cited as the Emergency Active Travel Fund [No31/5098].

Purpose of the grant

2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.

Determination

3) The Minister of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex B.

Grant conditions

4) Pursuant to section 31(3) and 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Minister of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex A.

Treasury consent

5) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.

Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Transport

Rupert Furness Deputy Director, Active and Accessible Travel, Department for Transport

29 June 2020

ANNEX A – MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Covid-19 Emergency Active Travel Fund

1. This MOU is not intended to be legally binding and no legal obligations or legal rights shall arise between the Parties from the provisions of the MOU. The Parties enter into the MOU intending to honour all their obligations.

2. We expect each local authority to use this funding as proposed in their completed pro forma, on schemes to support cycling and walking.

3. This funding will be paid via a grant under Section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003. Available online here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/26/section/31

4. For any grant, Government is required to monitor the effectiveness of any public investment. We therefore expect you to have robust monitoring and evaluation plans in place. Funding for the second tranche of money will be conditional on demonstrating that bids represent value for money and evidence of suitable evaluation plans.

5. This grant may be subject to State Aid regulations. It is the responsibility of local authorities to satisfy themselves that they are State Aid compliant when using the Emergency Active-Travel Fund. Local authorities should ensure that their project teams are versed on State Aid law, as they are better placed to provide support on the operational matters within the authority. Guidance on State Aid is available from: https://www.gov.uk/state-aid.

ANNEX B Funding Local Authority (£) 1 3,559 2 Borough Council 1,351 3 Council 16,900 4 , Christchurch and Council 111,727 5 Council 3,000 6 County Council 25,721 7 Cambridgeshire and Combined Authority 513,943 8 Council 16,759 9 City of Council 37,758 10 Council 19,375 11 Cheshire West and Chester Council 40,041 12 Council (including ) 19,767 13 Cumbria County Council 171,691 14 City Council 27,134 15 Derbyshire County Council 443,000 16 Devon County Council 316,426 17 Dorset Council 21,414 18 Council 17,203 19 East Sussex County Council 66,723 20 Essex County Council 918,500 21 Gloucestershire County Council 110,774 22 Greater Manchester Combined Authority 1,287,573 23 Hampshire County Council 863,000 24 Council 1,329 25 Hertfordshire County Council 144,150 26 54,400 27 Council 26,321 28 Kent County Council 470,000 28 Lancashire County Council 223,454 30 City Council 56,388 31 Leicestershire County Council 63,766 32 Lincolnshire County Council 15,500 33 Liverpool City Region Combined Authority 48,534 34 London Borough of Barnet 25,600 35 London Borough of Bromley 9,000 36 London Borough of Camden 27,377 37 London Borough of Croydon 1,786 38 London Borough of Ealing 9,900 39 London Borough of Enfield 20,339 40 London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 8,818 41 London Borough of Harrow 75,000 42 London Borough of Hillingdon 10,000 43 London Borough of Hounslow 50,000 44 London Borough of Islington 49,821 45 London Borough of Lambeth 20,000 46 London Borough of Lewisham 45,000 47 London Borough of Merton 9,524 48 London Borough of Redbridge 22,059 79 London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 8,772 50 London Borough of Southwark 20,000 51 London Borough of Sutton 32,000 52 London Borough of Tower Hamlets 34,500 53 London Borough of Waltham Forest 12,319 54 London Borough of Wandsworth 4,167 55 Borough Council 22,407 56 Council 30,000 57 Norfolk County Council 70,500 58 North East Joint Transport Committee 1,104,698 59 Council 2,377 60 Council 1,577 61 Council 72,390 62 North Yorkshire County Council 128,857 63 Northamptonshire County Council 351,000 64 City Council 235,782 65 Nottinghamshire County Council 229,712 66 Oxfordshire County Council 160,731 67 City Council 144,000 68 City Council 73,717 69 44,250 70 Royal Borough of Greenwich 30,000 71 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 20,718 72 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 25,217 73 County Council 400 74 Sheffield City Region Combined Authority 834,000 75 Council 86,000 76 Borough Council 41,115 77 Somerset County Council 46,399 78 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 19,313 79 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 2,250 80 Suffolk County Council 89,643 81 Surrey County Council 848,000 82 Borough Council 214,515 83 Tees Valley Combined Authority 200,583 84 Council 20,727 85 Council 43,200 86 Council 5,893 87 Borough Council 115,000 88 Warwickshire County Council 129,000 89 West Council 29,000 90 West Midlands Combined Authority 1,146,450 91 West of England Combined Authority 366,631 92 West Sussex County Council 234,300 93 West Yorkshire Combined Authority 528,011 94 Wokingham Borough Council 1,836 95 Worcestershire County Council 38,500