AQW 10837/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether Part B of the Covid Restrictions Business Support Scheme will automatically be extended to businesses in the direct supply chain of the additional businesses required to close from 27 November.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 24 November 2020
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Priority
- Tabled
- 24 November 2020
- Answer due by
- 2 December 2020
- Answered
- 28 January 202165 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
A business that is not named in the Health Protection Regulations that came into effect on 27 November 2020, but which supplies goods or services to such a business, or is reliant upon such a business being open and fully operational in order to trade, could apply to Part B of the Covid Restrictions Business Support Scheme if they met the eligibility criteria. The support period covered those eligible businesses in the direct supply chain of the additional businesses required to close from 27 November. The scheme opened to online applications at 6pm on Thursday 19 November 2020 and closed at 6pm on Wednesday 16 December 2020.
The Scheme re-opened for applications on 7 January 2021 for the period of restrictions in place from 26 December 2020.
Full details of the scheme, including eligibility criteria, are available at https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/covid-restrictions-business-support-scheme-part-b