Financial support

Summary

The request sought details on financial assistance provided to businesses owned by Members of the House of Keys (MHKs) under various COVID-19 schemes. The Department for Enterprise disclosed payment data for seven MHKs across multiple support schemes, noting that salary support information was not held.

Key Facts

• Information was collated for MHKs who declared an interest (shareholding or directorship) on the Tynwald Members interests list.
• Directorships that expired prior to the end of February 2020 were excluded from the data.
• The Department for Enterprise does not hold information regarding the Salary support scheme.
• One MHK, Alfred Cannan, received a grant of £3,500 which was subsequently repaid in full.
• The data provided is correct as of 11th March 2022 and precedes a broader government data release scheduled for April.

Data Disclosed

• £45,746.07
• £0.00
• £21,679.91
• £27,937.45
• £8,000.00
• £57,125.00
• £7,746.71
• 2022-01-28
• 2022-03-07
• 2022-03-11
• 2020-02-29

Original Request

Could you please provide information as regards to financial assistance applied and given to all MHK's who own business's from the Covid schemes

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 685375) Website: www.gov.im/ded Email: dfe-dpo@gov.im

Our ref: 2216151 31 March 2022

Dear ####

We write further to your request that was received on 28 January 2022 which states:

"Could you please provide information as regards to financial assistance applied and given to all MHK's who own business's from the Covid schemes"

Our response to your request is as follows:

The Coronavirus Business Support Schemes were introduced at various points during the pandemic to give local businesses essential funding during extremely challenging times for staff and operations. A large number of companies in the Isle of Man made use of the support, ensuring their business would continue after the pandemic and that staff could be paid and looked after.

The information in this FOI is a precursor to a broader data release. The Isle of Man Government will be publishing the details of all recipients under the various Coronavirus support schemes at the end of April.

With your agreement, the information has been collated as follows: -

• Coronavirus Business Support Scheme payments made to all businesses and self- employed individuals where the MHKs from the current and previous administration have declared an interest on the Tynwald Members interests list;
• A business interest has been defined as being a shareholding of any size and / or directorship;

For clarity, it should be noted that the application for financial assistance may not have been submitted directly by the Tynwald Member, nor may it be the case that they benefitted from any financial assistance received by the business given the nature of their declared interest. Please be aware we have excluded directorships that expired prior to the end of February 2020.

We do not hold Salary support scheme information and so this will not be included in the response.

The information is correct as at 11th March 2022.

Acronym Scheme CBSS Coronavirus Business Support Scheme CBL 1 Circuit Break Lockdown January 2021 CBL 2
Circuit Break Lockdown March 2021 BPSS
Business Premises Support Scheme HTSS Hospitality Transition Support Scheme CBSS/BPSS 1 Coronavirus Business Support Scheme - Business Premises Support Scheme July 2021 CBSS/BPSS 2 Coronavirus Business Support Scheme - Business Premises Support Scheme August 2021 WDS Winter Disruption Scheme DDS December Disruption Scheme SCS Strategic Capacity Scheme CRS Coronavirus Recovery Scheme

Timothy Baker

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Buffalo Bowling & Leisure Ltd trading as Pepsi Max Bowl (formerly t/a Surestrike) Shareholder CBSS 1 3,000.00 24/03/2020 CBL 1 1,500.00 18/01/2021 CBL 2 1,500.00 08/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 24/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 08/04/2021 BPSS 9,007.94 07/05/2021 HTSS 26,982.33 21/07/2021

CRS Adaptation
1,755.80 19/01/2022 Total paid

45,746.07

Alfred Cannan MHK

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid McKenzie Fox Limited Shareholder & Director CBL 2 3,500.00 30/04/2021 CBL 2
-3,500.00 31/01/2022 Total paid

0.00

Note: grant repaid to Treasury 31/01/2022

Claire Christian MHK

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Claire Christian Couture Limited Shareholder & Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 31/03/2020 CBL 1 1,500.00 18/01/2021 CBL 2 1,500.00 08/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 24/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 08/04/2021 BPSS 1,059.63 12/04/2021 CBSS/BPSS 1 1,103.38 18/08/2021 CBSS/BPSS 2 1,103.38 14/09/2021 WDS 4,413.52 21/12/2021 DDS 6,000.00 20/01/2022 Total paid

21,679.91

Michelle Haywood MHK

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Irish Sea Diving and Marine Services t/a Discover Diving Shareholder & Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 01/05/2020 CBSS 2 3,000.00 15/09/2020 CBSS 3 3,000.00 29/10/2020 CBSS 4 3,000.00 29/01/2021 CBSS 5 3,000.00 05/05/2021 WDS 4,000.00 08/02/2022 DDS 3,437.45 11/03/2022 SCS 1 1,820.00 15/05/2020 SCS 2 3,680.00 04/09/2020 Total paid

27,937.45

George Ralph Peake

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Mooinjer Veggey Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 04/05/2020 CBL 1 1,500.00 01/02/2021 CBL 2 1,500.00 15/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 24/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 08/04/2021

Total paid

8,000.00

Robert Howard Quayle

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Ballahowin Farm Holiday Cottages Owner SCS 1 11,375.00 31/07/2020 SCS 2 23,000.00 31/07/2020 SCS 5 7,500.00 09/07/2021 SCS 5 7,750.00 06/08/2021 SCS 5 7,500.00 03/09/2021 Total Paid

57,125.00

Chris Robertshaw

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Venture Limited Owner CBSS 1 3,000.00 02/04/2020 CBL 2 3,500.00 04/05/2021 HTSS 1,246.71 11/08/2021 Total paid

7,746.71

Laurence Skelly MLC (formerly MHK for Rushen)

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Manx Inspirations Director CBL 2 1,500.00 16/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 24/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 08/04/2021 CBSS/BPSS 1 1,000.00 12/08/2021 CBSS/BPSS 2 1,000.00 14/09/2021 WDS 4,000.00 07/01/2022 Total paid

9,500.00

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Salon D'Elegance Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 22/04/2020 CBL 1 1,500.00 19/01/2021 CBL 2 1,500.00 11/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 24/03/2021 CBL 2 1,000.00 08/04/2021

BPSS 792.66 26/05/2021 Total paid

8,792.66

Andrew Smith MHK

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Churches Book Shop Limited Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 13/05/2020 CBL 1 1,500.00 01/02/2021 CBL 2 3,500.00 18/05/2021 Total paid

8,000.00

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Sefton Group PLC Shareholder CBSS 1 3,000.00 31/03/2020

SCS 1 498,917.51 17/04/2020

SCS 2 504,400.12 09/10/2020

SCS 3 100,990.25 29/01/2021

SCS 3 97,732.50 26/02/2021

SCS 3 100,990.25 12/03/2021

SCS 4 106,872.50 26/02/2021

SCS 4 203,402.50 12/03/2021

SCS 5 164,478.30 30/04/2021

SCS 5 169,960.91 28/05/2021

SCS 5 164,478.30 18/06/2021

SCS 6
169,960.91 30/07/2021

SCS 7 169,960.91 08/10/2021

SCS 7 164,478.30 05/11/2021

SCS 8 106,872.50 17/12/2021

SCS 8 103,425.00 14/01/2022

SCS 8 106,872.50 11/02/2022

SCS 9 169,960.91 11/03/2022 Total paid

3,106,754.17

John Wannenburgh MHK

Business Declared Interest Scheme
Payments
Date paid Skunkworks Marketing Ltd t/a Isle of Man Sporting and Dining Club Director CBSS 1 3,000.00 07/04/2020 CBSS 2 3,000.00 03/09/2020 CBSS 3 3,000.00 20/11/2020 CBSS 4 3,000.00 13/01/2021 CBSS 5 3,000.00 21/04/2021 CBSS 6 3,000.00 07/09/2021 Total paid

18,000.00

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Yours sincerely

Data Protection Officer
Strategy & Policy Governance Team