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Healey announces further flood funding for Barnsley
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Healey announces further flood funding for Barnsley
Published: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:27:40
Floods Recovery Minister John Healey has announced almost £400,000 funding for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to help reimburse some of the costs after last summer's floods. This brings the total funding for Barnsley to deal with the summer floods to over £1.6 million.
This payment is part of over £18.7 million that has now been paid out under the Bellwin scheme, which covers costs incurred by local authorities during immediate action to safeguard residents and property to prevent suffering as a result of a disaster or major emergency. This means that in total up to £87 million Government support has now been made available to help communities get back on their feet following last summer's floods - with £31 million to follow through the Restoration Fund announced recently.
This is the last scheduled Bellwin payment relating to last summer's floods and 42 local authorities have now received funding.
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