questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the guidance sent by the Director of the Grant Delivery Directorate to councils on 10 November 2023, with the subject Flood Recovery Framework Schemes Operational Guidance - Business Recovery Grant, Storm Babet 19-25 October 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing the reference to businesses that have made no efforts to seek appropriate insurance and (b) reopening that scheme.
answerText: The Flooding Recovery Framework is based on a set of long-established principles including, in the case of the Business Recovery Grant, that:"Funding should not be used to reward poor business practice (e.g. if a business has made no efforts to seek appro...
heading: Business: Floods