AQW 10951/17-22

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 25/11/2020
Answered On Date: 03/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) when her Department decided that wind turbines should not receive the £10,000 Coronavirus Small Business Support Grant; (ii) when this decision was notified to (a) Land and Property Services; and (b) the wider public.

Answer:

The decision that wind turbines were ineligible to receive support from the Coronavirus £10,000 Small Business Support Grant Scheme was made by the Department on 28 May 2020.

Land and Property Services was notified of the decision on 12 June 2020 and the decision was published within the scheme ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ guidance document on the NI Business Info website on 19 June 2020.