More than £50m paid out to Allerdale firms for support during coronavirus 04/02/2021 Allerdale council has paid out over £13 million-worth of Government grants to firms to support them through the coronavirus pandemic. This is in addition to £37 million which the team paid out last summer which brings the total grant funding to Allerdaleâs business community in response to the current pandemic to over £50m. The figure, which is for the period up to January 29, includes £2.9m to eligible businesses that have been told to close since January 5 as a result of the introduction of the national lockdown, and an additional £5.8m in a one-off payment to the retail, leisure and hospitality sector.