Please could you provide me with the following information in relation to your administration of the Government Restart Grant for business.

1. Do you administer the restart Grant scheme yourselves?
Yes.

2. If you do not, who was it outsourced to? Do you remain involved in making decisions where Strand 1/Strand 2 reclassification is requested by a business?
Not applicable.

3. Using either the SIC codes given by businesses as part of their application and/or your classification of a businesses, how many photographic studios (SIC 74201 and 74209) have you classified as Strand 1 businesses, and /or made Strand 1 Payments to?
We use the below high level SIC Codes, so we cannot filter out specifically Photograph Studios without going through each application to check. We we classify as Strand 1.
A: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
B: Mining and Quarrying
C: Manufacturing
D: Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply
E: Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
F: Construction
G: Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
H: Transportation and Storage
I: Accommodation and Food Service Activities
J: Information and Communication
K: Financial and Insurance Activities
L: Real Estate Activities
M: Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
N: Administrative and Support Service Activities
O: Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security
P: Education
Q: Human Health and Social Work Activities
R: Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
S: Other Service Activities
T: Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods-and-services - Producing Activities of Households for own use
U: Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies

4. How many of these have you classified as Strand 2 businesses, and /or made Strand 2 Payments to?
None.

5. The guidance notes classify photographic studios in Strand 1 but provides for reclassification based on the business activities. Do you/did you consider the specific activities of the business within the photographic sector. Do you make any distinction between SIC codes 74201 and 74209 or the type of services offered by photography studios?
We used the description as per the application form.

6. Are the businesses which have been classified as Strand 2 businesses what could be called’ family portrait’ studios offering social photography services to the public?
Not applicable as no strand 2 cases.

7. Did you seek advice from the BEIS on the matter of photographic studios?
No, we just followed their general guidance.