The letters are written with regard to funding to help cover the loss of income during the COVID 19 pandemic, due to the closure of facilities and the loss of commercial income. Councils in the principal sector have now been allocated £3.2B of ancillary financial relief, council’s in the parish sector have not been allocated any additional funding to date. Wiltshire Council’s share of the recent £1.6B funding announced on Saturday 18 April 2020 was £11.5M.