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*IMPORTANT NOTICES*

CHANGES TO THE GRANT SCHEME FROM 1 APRIL 2011

We are now in a position to announce how the LPW scheme will work from 11/12 onwards. The new scheme will have a proper, fixed budget, and, as we said in January 2011

‘..the way the scheme works will be reviewed so we can manage it in the most simple and un-bureaucratic way possible in order to stay within the budget cap already announced.’

We have sought a solution which is as easy to administer as possible, is fair, and which achieves the widest possible spread of benefit. We have consulted closely with church representatives and, with them, have come up with the following new approach:

  • The new scheme will not be operational until the 2nd quarter of 11/12 with the first payments under the new scheme made in October 2011;

  • The scheme will operate with quarterly fixed budgets. Payments will be made once per quarter and the payable rate will depend on the value of the eligible claims received in that quarter, with each claim attracting a fair pro-rata payment. The benefits of this are that everyone will receive a payment and we will ensure that all available money is used;

  • The maximum grant payable in response to any application will be 20% of project costs (i.e. the maximum payable will be the full rate of VAT incurred on eligible expenditure) and the scope continues as it has been since January 4th. If the total funding is not used in any quarter, it will be available in the following quarter (but not transferable between financial years). We will publicise at the end of each quarter the value of the applications received and the applicable payable rate;

  • Application will be made in the same way as before, except that it will not be possible to accept claims where the supporting invoices are more than one year old. The previous scheme’s open-ended approach was too lax for efficient management, but we think that giving everyone a full year to submit their applications should still be plenty of time.

Payment dates and claim deadlines

Payments will made on or around the 14th day of July, October, January and April, in respect of the quarter ending on the last day of the previous month, although there were no July payments made in 2011 because of the transition from the previous scheme. The first payment in 2011 will be made in October and will use the portion of the budget allocated to quarters one and two, with one apportionment being made across this six month period.

In order for an eligible claim to be included in one of the quarterly payment runs:

  • Applications must be received by the last working day of the preceding month- June, September, December and March.
  • Any queries on your application must be resolved within 4 working days of the end of the preceding month. If your query cannot be resolved within this time, your application will roll forward into the next quarter, and that quarter’s payable rate will apply. In order to minimise the queries needing resolution at quarter-end, you are asked to submit your application as early as possible in the relevant quarter.

Dates and budgets for 2011/12

The total budget for the scheme (under the new arrangements) for the remainder of 11/12 is £7.08million. This figure takes into account the funding that was brought forward from the 2011/12 budget to meet the additional demand for claims in 2010/11.

The £7.08 million budget for 11/12 will be allocated for payments as follows:

Period ending Applications to be
received by
Queries to be cleared by Payments to be made on or around Total funding for the period (to include administration)
30 September 2011 30 September
2011
6 October
2011
14 October
2011
£3.58 million
31 December 2011 30 December 2011 6 January
2012
16 January
2012
£1.75 million
31 March
2012
30 March 2012 5 April
2012
19 April
2012
£1.75 million

These figures include grant assessment and processing costs, project monitoring costs and IT development.

CHANGES TO THE GRANT SCHEME FROM 4 JANUARY 2011 

The Department announced on 7 October that, in line with the need to reduce public expenditure, eligibility for applications received in the final quarter of 2010/11 would return to the original scope of the scheme. The press release can be seen at: http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/7470.aspx

With immediate effect from 4 January 2011, the following will become ineligible under the scheme

  • professional fees
  • repairs to organs, pews, bells and clocks

Eligibility depends on the date the claim is received by the LPW Grant Scheme, not the date the works were carried out, or the invoice date.  

For claims including the above works/fees, received on or after 4th January 2011, these elements of the claim will be deemed ineligible and deducted from the total.

Please note that for ‘rejected’ claims, which are subsequently resubmitted, the date of receipt will be the date the resubmitted claim is received, not the date the original claim was received.

Introduction
This guidance is designed to help you in completing your application. Please read this carefully before completing the application form. If you require further assistance then please speak to one of our operators on 0845 601 5945. Calls will be charged at the local rate.

We will hold some of the information you give on computer. We will use this information to process applications and grants and to produce statistics. Some of this information may be shared with other grant-providing organisations such as English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund, other relevant Lottery distributors and devolved administration heritage agencies, Cadw, Historic Scotland and Northern Ireland Environment Agency to avoid the possibility of duplicate payments
being made.

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