Common use of ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE Clause in Contracts

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the Authority. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4: Fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. The list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; Other examples of expenditure which will not be Eligible Expenditure include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant Recipient; and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must will use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the AuthorityActivities. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4Activities: Fees fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. ; giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Activities (but Eligible Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the this Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate debate, where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. For the purposes of any Grant which, in the opinion of the Grant Manager, constitutes a government research grant (including, for example, those awarded to the National Academies), the following shall be deemed to be Eligible Expenditure: publishing and publicising the results of research paid for using taxpayer funded grants; hosting science and research communication events, for example, science festivals, Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition, visits, breakfasts, dinners or receptions, seminars, the use of newsletters and campaigns, and sharing information with Parliament to expound greater understanding of research outcomes or launch a research project or equipment; working with or through a Third-Party organisation or commercial partners, which are not professional lobbying organisations, to conduct, communicate or publish research findings and inform policy; contributing expert scientific and academic advice to inform government policy and funding or make the case for science; and developing proposals for future research grants. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. The Expenditure (the list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid this Grant Agreement): paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; input VAT reclaimable by the grant recipient from HMRC; and payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; . Other examples of expenditure which will not be Eligible Expenditure are prohibited include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient grant recipient, or any member of their partnership, has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant Recipient; the acquisition or improvement of Assets by the Grant Recipient (unless the Grant is explicitly for capital use – this will be stipulated in the Grant Funding Letter); and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);.

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay to the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must will use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule Annex 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the Authority. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4Activities: Fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Eligible Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-evidence based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-evidence based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate debate, where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. : The list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; input VAT reclaimable by the grant recipient from HMRC; payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; Other examples of expenditure expenditure, which will not be Eligible Expenditure are prohibited, include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient grant recipient, or any member of their Partnership has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant Recipient; the acquisition or improvement of Assets by the Grant Recipient (unless the Grant is explicitly for capital use – this will be stipulated in the Grant Funding Letter); and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);.

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay to the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must will use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule Annex 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the Authority. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4Activities: Fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-evidence based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-evidence based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate debate, where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. : The list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; input VAT reclaimable by the grant recipient from HMRC; payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; Other examples of expenditure expenditure, which will not be Eligible Expenditure are prohibited, include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient grant recipient, or any member of their Partnership has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant RecipientRecipient ; the acquisition or improvement of Assets by the Grant Recipient (unless the Grant is explicitly for capital use – this will be stipulated in the Grant Funding Letter); and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);.

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay to the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must will use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule Annex 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the Authority. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4Activities: Fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Eligible Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-evidence based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-evidence based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate debate, where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. : The list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; input VAT reclaimable by the grant recipient from HMRC; payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; Other examples of expenditure expenditure, which will not be Eligible Expenditure are prohibited, include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient grant recipient, or any member of their Partnership has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant RecipientRecipient ; the acquisition or improvement of Assets by the Grant Recipient (unless the Grant is explicitly for capital use – this will be stipulated in the Grant Funding Letter); and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);.

ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE. The Authority will only pay to the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred by the Grant Recipient to deliver the Funded Activities and the Grant Recipient must use the Grant solely for delivery of the Funded Activities (as set out in Schedule 2 of these Conditions). The Authority will only pay items listed in schedule 4 and the Grant in respect of Eligible Expenditure incurred after the Commencement Date. No work or activities undertaken or Assets purchased prior to the Commencement Date by the Grant Recipient shall be considered as Eligible Expenditure by the Authority. The following costs/payments will be classified as Eligible Expenditure if incurred for the purposes of the Funded Activities and included in Schedule 4Activities: Fees charged or to be charged to the Grant Recipient by the external auditors/accountants for reporting/certifying that the Grant grant paid was applied for its intended purposes. giving evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees; attending meetings with government ministers or civil servants to discuss the progress of a taxpayer funded grant scheme; responding to public consultations, where the topic is relevant to the objectives of the Funded Activities. To avoid doubt, Xxxxxxxx Expenditure does not include the Grant Recipient spending the Grant on lobbying other people to respond to any such consultation (unless explicitly permitted in the Grant Funding Agreement); providing independent, evidence-evidence based policy recommendations to local government, government departments or government ministers, where that is the objective of a taxpayer funded grant scheme, for example, ‘What Works Centres’; and providing independent evidence-evidence based advice to local or national government as part of the general policy debate where that is in line with the objectives of the Grant. The Grant Recipient may not in any circumstance claim (and will not receive any payment for) the following non-exhaustive list as Eligible Expenditure. : The list below does not override activities which are deemed eligible in these Conditions: Paid for lobbying, which means using the Grant to fund lobbying (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action; using the Grant to directly enable one part of government to challenge another on topics unrelated to the agreed purpose of the grant; using the Grant to petition for additional funding; expenses such as for entertaining, specifically aimed at exerting undue influence to change government policy; payments for activities of a political or exclusively religious nature; Using the Grant for anything below the mandatory legal minimum for health and safety capital items. Other examples of expenditure expenditure, which will not be Eligible Expenditure are prohibited, include the following: the purchase of land (including without limitation any freehold or leasehold interest in land) or any Property Asset; any staff time undertaken for the Funded Activities where such staff time is part of the relevant staff member's regular role or job outside of the Funded Activities; contributions in kind; interest payments or service charge payments for finance leases; gifts, to individuals, other than promotional materials; statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties civil penalties, damages or any associated legal costs; payments for works or activities which the Grant Recipient Recipient, or any member of their partnership has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources; bad debts to related parties; payments for unfair dismissal or other compensation; depreciation, amortisation or impairment of assets owned by the Grant Recipient; the acquisition or improvement of Assets by the Grant Recipient (unless the Grant is explicitly for capital use – this will be stipulated in the Grant Funding Letter); and liabilities incurred before the commencement of the Grant Funding Agreement unless agreed in writing by the Authority. Expenditure includes any costs, expenses or other forms of payment. Expenditure is deemed to take place at the moment when money passes out of the Grant Recipient’s control. This may take place when: Legal tender is passed to a supplier (or, for wages, to an employee);; A letter is posted to a supplier or employee containing a cheque; or An electronic instruction is sent to a bank/building society to make a payment to a supplier or employee by direct credit or bank transfer.