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Guidance

Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG) and Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG): guidance for local authorities

This guidance for local authorities is on paying grants to support businesses during the November to December 2020 national lockdown and periods of local restrictions.

Published 3 November 2020
From:
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Applies to:
England

Documents

Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG): Addendum for 5 November to 2 December 2020

PDF, 242KB, 3 pages

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Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG): Closed

PDF, 470KB, 19 pages

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Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG)

PDF, 368KB, 17 pages

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Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG): Open

PDF, 374KB, 18 pages

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Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG): Sector

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Details

Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) schemes

These schemes are to support local businesses during the national lockdown 5 November to 2 December 2020 and during periods of local restrictions.

The guidance is for use by local authorities and sets out the eligibility criteria, operation and delivery details for each LRSG strand.

Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme

The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) is funding for local authorities to support businesses in their local economies.

The guidance is for use by local authorities and sets out the eligibility criteria, operation and delivery details of the ARG grant funding.

Published 3 November 2020

Update history

2025-07-23 16:31
The guidance and annex templates have been updated to reflect changes to the debt recovery process for local authorities. Updates include revised recovery requirements, removal of outdated fraud reporting information, updated contact details, and changes to the data protection section.

2023-01-19 14:54
Debt recovery guidance updated: process clarified (but no changes), templates updated following feedback from local authorities. Annexes A and B templates are now available as Excel / Word documents. 

2022-04-06 12:45
Assurance guidance updated to reflect the correct minimum assurance criteria for the LRSG (Open) scheme.

2021-12-30 15:49
We have added new guidance on a one-off grant funding scheme: the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant. We have revised the guidance on the Additional Restrictions Grant, and updated the Debt Recovery and Assurance guidance.

2021-11-30 15:55
We have published guidance on assurance and debt recovery, returning reclaimed grants and referring outstanding debts to the government.

2021-03-31 17:53
Added sample template for declaring subsidy allowances which can be sent out to businesses.

2021-03-17 19:30
Added new guidance on the Restart Grant and updated guidance on the Additional Restrictions Grant to include £425m top-up from 1 April 2021.

2021-03-04 17:05
All guidance documents updated: closing dates added; subsidy allowance guidelines amended; requirement for a business to have been trading before restrictions were announced in order to be eligible for funding has been clarified.

2021-02-22 16:55
Guidance document 'Business support package for January 2021 lockdown' updated with details of the next payment cycle covering the period 16 February to 31 March.

2021-02-01 17:31
The deadline for applications for the Christmas Support Payment for wet pubs has been extended to 28 February 2021.

2020-11-03 23:49
First published.