Assembly Written Question 12779/17-22

Question: To ask the Minister for the Economy when the next payment will be issued to businesses that previously applied and received grants under the Covid Restrictions Business Support Scheme.[Priority Written]

Answer: Following the reopening of the Covid Restrictions Business Support Scheme, the first top up payments for Part A were issued on 27 January to 2,088 applicants to a value of £7,648,800 Invest NI hope to issue payments to the majority of remaining applicants by the end of week commencing 1 February 2021.