London’s councils are to receive more than £17 million in contingency payments from Central Government, the Local Government Minister John Healey has announced. The funds are being made available from the Local Authority Business Growth Incentives (LABGI) scheme and can be used as boroughs see fit to help meet local needs and priorities.
Announcing the funds, Mr Healey commented: “I am pleased to be able to confirm the share of £100 million that councils will get, with no strings attached and extra to the core grant they receive, which will be a real boost to councils’ coffers as they provide much-needed support to their communities – particularly in these tough economic times.”
How the money will be distributed
Council Contingency payment (£s)
Barking and Dagenham 90,639.02
Camden –
Enfield 375,180.51
Greenwich 232,818.86
Hackney 212,476.10
Harrow 95,764.57
Hounslow –
Waltham Forest 418,559.31
Ealing 1,501,121.10
Lambeth –
Redbridge 236,094.99
Haringey 270,698.29
Sutton 80,216.48
Bexley –
Kingston upon Thames 265,423.75
Lewisham 80,992.54
Brent 1,137,919.28
Westminster 4,429,262.66
Merton –
Kensington & Chelsea 1,626,559.34
Islington –
Bromley 141,119.51
Havering 302,715.03
Croydon 437,848.34
City of London –
Hillingdon 827,785.91
Southwark 2,627,838.82
Richmond upon Thames 56,503.52
Tower Hamlets 215,033.33
Newham 387,332.63
Hammersmith & Fulham 148,036.97
Barnet 761,047.86
Wandsworth 386,161.63
TOTAL 17,345,150.35
Source: Department for Communities and Local Government
