地方テレワーク推進で交付金　一極集中是正へ２１年度創設―内閣府など

　内閣府と内閣官房は２５日、サテライトオフィスを整備するなど、地方創生につながるテレワークを推進する自治体向けの交付金を２０２１年度に創設する方針を固めた。２１年度予算概算要求で１５０億円を計上する。
　新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を契機に、在宅勤務やテレワークが普及し、人口密度の高い都心部を避けた地方での生活に関心が高まっている。地方に移住してテレワークで仕事をする新たな働き方を後押しし、東京一極集中の是正につなげる。
　新たな交付金は、東京圏（東京、埼玉、千葉、神奈川の４都県）を除く自治体が対象。サテライトオフィスやシェアオフィスなど受け入れ体制の整備に取り組む場合、事業費の４分の３を支給する仕組みを検討している。（2020/09/25-17:28）

The Japanese government plans to begin offering grants to municipalities that promote teleworking as a regional revitalization measure from fiscal 2021, it was learned Friday.
   The Cabinet Office and the Cabinet Secretariat are expected to earmark 15 billion yen for the subsidy in their budget requests for the fiscal year from April, informed sources said.
   The increase in the number of people working from home and other remote locations amid the novel coronavirus epidemic has led to a rise of interest in living in rural areas away from densely populated urban centers. The government hopes to support the shift to working from rural areas as a way to correct the concentration of industry and population in Tokyo, the sources said.
   The new grant will be available to all municipalities except Tokyo and the prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa, which make up the greater Tokyo metropolis. Under the government's plan, it will cover 75 pct of expenses borne by municipalities for setting up systems to accept satellite offices of companies and shared office spaces.
   The agencies will also ask for 400 million yen for a project to match businesses with municipalities looking to accept branch offices.