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
The total budget available for FY 2012/13 is £12.35
million. Payments will be made around the middle
of July, October, January and April. 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
by the deadline stipulated below. 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 2012/13
The total budget for the scheme for 12/13 is £12.35million.
This will be allocated as follows:
Quarter |
Period ending |
Applications to be received
by |
Queries to be cleared
by |
Payment to be made on
or around |
Total funding for the
period (to include administration) |
1 |
30 June
2012 |
29 June
2012 |
5 July
2012 |
16 July 2012 |
£3.088 million |
2 |
30 September
2012 |
28 September
2012 |
4 October
2012 |
15 October 2012 |
£3.088 million |
3 |
31 December
2012 |
31 December
2012 |
9 January
2013 |
21 January 2013 |
£3.088 million |
4 |
31 March
2013
|
29 March
2013
|
4 April
2013
|
18 April 2013
|
£3.088 million |
These figures include grant assessment and processing
costs, project monitoring costs and IT development.