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Markus Campbell-Savours:To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities claimed emergency financial assistance money under the Bellwin scheme of emergency financial assistance to local authorities in each of the last 15 years; and how much money was received in each case. \p Jim McMahon: The table below sets out the Bellwin payments made to local authorities by financial year in each of the last 15 financial years.

2010-11

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

South Lakeland District Council

30,348

Allerdale Borough Council

302,847

Cumbria County Council

408,297

Cumbria Police Authority

148,049

Total for year

4

889,541

2011-12

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

Total for year

0

0

2012-13

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

City of Lincoln Council

24,870

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

404,640

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

76,668

Gateshead Council

393,939

Herefordshire Council

218,499

Total for year

5

1,118,616

2013-14

Authority

Grant Paid £

Devon County Council

3,023,598

Richmondshire District Council

915

Herefordshire Council

2,048,963

Teignbridge District Council

38,234

Newark & Sherwood District Council

3,407

Uttlesford District Council

16,643

Total for year

6

5,131,760

2014-15

Authority

Grant Paid £

Arun District Council

44,134

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council

563,383

Boston Borough Council

123,230

Bournemouth Borough Council

50,736

Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority

36,964

Christchurch Borough Council

39,867

Copeland Borough Council

130,350

Croydon Council

2,006,683

Dartford Borough Council

22,054

Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service

509,936

Devon County Council

789,567

Dorset County Council

413,400

Dorset County Council

332,315

Dover District Council

6,602

Elmbridge Borough Council

66,692

Exeter City Council

8,339

Fareham Borough Council

5,888

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

172,466

Guildford Borough Council

50,424

Hampshire County Council

3,612,261

Havant Borough Council

25,865

Herefordshire Council

3,090,340

Isle of Wight

58,167

Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service

12,492

Kent County Council

982,732

Lewes District Council

5,737

Maidstone Borough Council

130,373

Malvern Hills District Council

19,249

New Forest District Council

151,514

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

23,166

Norfolk Police (OPCC)

3,745

North Devon Council

24,987

North Norfolk District Council

47,262

Oxford City Council

210,142

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

9,017

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

2,101,673

Runnymede Borough Council

216,144

Scarborough Borough Council

164,189

Sedgemoor District Council

87,326

Somerset County Council

778,411

Somerset County Council

615,006

South Hams District Council

100,510

South Oxfordshire District Council

60,029

South Somerset District Council

39,481

Spelthorne Borough Council

68,491

Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service

1,373

Surrey County Council

2,382,887

Tandridge District Council

82,294

Taunton Deane Borough Council

36,176

Teignbridge District Council

260,896

Test Valley Borough Council

194,824

Tewkesbury Borough Council

23,614

Thanet Council

36,162

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

99,177

Torbay Borough Council

102,912

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

18,407

Waveney District Council

19,638

Waveney District Council

31,694

Waverley Borough Council

43,736

Waverley Borough Council

55,975

West Berkshire Council

652,396

West Dorset District Council

47,240

West Oxfordshire District Council

7,959

West Somerset District Council

5,175

West Sussex County Council

37,510

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

23,412

Wiltshire Council

745,588

Winchester City Council

75,715

Windsor & Maidenhead Royal Borough

406,373

Worcester City Council

51,701

Wycombe District Council

27,634

Wyre Borough Council

31,784

Wyre Forest District Council

62,001

Total for year

73

23,575,593

2015-16

Grant Paid (£)

Total for year

0

0

2016-17

Authority

Grant Paid £

Allerdale Borough Council

218,274

Bury Council

111,490

Calderdale Council

1,029,731

Carlisle City Council

377,912

Chorley Council

74,238

City of York Council

170,700

Cumbria County Council

2,185,838

Eden District Council

23,077

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service

63,123

North Yorkshire County Council

176,449

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

302,982

Northumberland County Council

1,082,555

Ribble Valley Borough Council

50,903

Rochdale Borough Council

139,674

Salford City Council

80,485

Selby District Council

13,740

South Lakeland District Council

177,581

Wyre Council

15,701

Total for year

18

6,294,453

2017-18

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

Kensington and Chelsea RB

7,045,389

Total for year

1

7,045,389

2018-19

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

North Norfolk District Council

8,825

Scarborough Borough Council

171,471

Waveney District Council

88,280

Total for year

3

268,576

2019-20

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

Leicestershire Combined Fire and Rescue

243,832

East Lindsey District Council

149,905

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

418,293

Richmondshire District Council

180,762

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service

376,177

High Peak Borough Council

30,370

Mansfield District Council

197,639

Total for year

7

1,596,978

2020-21

Authority

Grant Paid (£)

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

497,260

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

535,997

Calderdale Council

265,762

Rossendale Borough Council

9,217

Herefordshire Council

1,112,310

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service

33,086

Malvern Hills District Council

24,827

Newark and Sherwood District Council

17,718

Shropshire Council

58,567

Telford & Wrekin Council

53,324

Worcester City Council

6,279

Worcestershire County Council

63,060

Wyre Forest District Council

10,156

Total for year

13

2,687,564

2021-22

Grant Paid (£)

Total for year

0

0

2022-23

Grant Paid (£)

Total for year

0

0

2023-24

Grant Paid (£)

Canterbury City Council

133,485

Total for year

1

133,485

2024-25

Grant Paid (£)

Merton Council

653,124

Northumberland County Council

166,007

Total for year

2

819,131

Link to the Bellwin guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bellwin-scheme-guidance-notes-for-claims/bellwin-scheme-of-emergency-financial-assistance-to-local-authorities-guidance-notes-for-claims