Policy paper

Food waste collection grant determination (2024): No 31/7220

Updated 17 October 2025

Applies to England

The Minister of State for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (鈥渢he Minister of State鈥), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:

Citation

1) This determination may be cited as the Food Waste Collection Grant Determination 2024 [No31/7220].

Purpose of the grant

2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.

Determination

3) The Minister of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.

Grant conditions

4) Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Minister of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex B.

5) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.

UK Government Branding

6) The Grant Recipient shall at all times during and following the end of the Funding Period:

6.1 comply with requirements of the Branding Manual in relation to the Funded Activities; and

6.2 cease use of the Funded by UK Government logo on demand if directed to do so by the Authority.

7) Branding Manual means the HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 鈥樷 first published by the Cabinet Office in November 2022 including any subsequent updates from time to time.

Signed by authority of the Minister of State for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.

Emma Bourne, Director, Resources and Waste, Defra

Annex A: capital grant allocations to local authorities 2023 to 2024

Local Authority Capital Funding 2023/24
Adur District Council 拢108,756
Ashfield District Council 拢895,526
Barking and Dagenham London Borough 拢30,425
Bassetlaw District Council 拢1,086,690
Bath and North East Somerset Council 拢8,455
Blaby District Council 拢2,155
Blackpool Borough Council 拢90,972
Bolsover District Council 拢8,254
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 拢383,984
Bristol City Council 拢449,626
Broxtowe Borough Council 拢1,074,111
Burnley Borough Council 拢45,494
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils 拢2,612,378
Cannock Chase Council 拢8,822
Canterbury City Council 拢124,202
Charnwood Borough Council 拢103,320
Chesterfield Borough Council 拢5,199
Chichester District Council 拢108,961
Chorley Borough Council 拢1,656
City of London 拢77,430
County Durham 拢9,903
Coventry City Council 拢132,674
Dacorum Borough Council 拢109,230
East Cambridgeshire District Council 拢894,056
East Staffordshire Borough Council 拢5,174
East Suffolk Council 拢108,042
Fenland District Council 拢1,061,991
Folkestone and Hythe District Council 拢17,132
Gedling Borough Council 拢1,104,357
Harborough District Council 拢120,124
Harlow District Council 拢3,021
Harrow London Borough 拢248,334
Hastings Borough Council 拢17,212
Hertsmere Borough Council 拢6,223
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 拢111,447
Huntingdonshire District Council 拢1,802,468
Hyndburn Borough Council 拢3,119
Leeds City Council Metropolitan Borough Council 拢261,195
Leicester City Council 拢8,127
Maidstone Borough Council 拢27,070
Maldon District Council 拢1,829
Malvern Hills District Council 拢12,778
Mansfield District Council 拢852,260
Medway Borough Council 拢1,397
Mid Suffolk District Council 拢105
Mid Sussex District Council 拢11,545
Middlesbrough Borough Council 拢145,160
New Forest District Council 拢5,546
Newark and Sherwood District Council 拢983,377
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 拢5,593
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council Metropolitan Borough Council 拢11,521
Newham London Borough 拢2,728
North East Derbyshire District Council 拢4,183
North East Lincolnshire Council 拢140,629
North Kesteven District Council 拢164,809
North Norfolk District Council 拢817
North Tyneside Council 拢87,122
North Warwickshire Borough Council 拢6,020
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 拢114,855
Peterborough City Council 拢329,857
Plymouth City Council 拢15,151
Ribble Valley Borough Council 拢127,012
Rugby Borough Council 拢102,238
Rushcliffe Borough Council 拢1,156,919
Rutland County Council 拢746
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 拢1,577,983
Sevenoaks District Council 拢949
Slough Borough Council 拢384,610
South Norfolk Council 拢5,752
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 拢168,047
Stafford Borough Council 拢4,911
Stevenage Borough Council 拢28,694
Swale Borough Council 拢5,956
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 拢85,648
Tandridge District Council 拢32
Thurrock Council 拢921,842
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 拢134,283
Tower Hamlets London Borough 拢2,073,060
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 拢137,504
Warrington Borough Council 拢157,627
Warwick District Council 拢97,460
Watford Borough Council 拢10,597
Wealden District Council 拢6,722
Wiltshire 拢4,990,233
Woking Borough Council 拢660
Worcester City Council 拢169,412
Worthing Borough Council 拢118,455
Wychavon District Council 拢121,100
Wyre Borough Council 拢4,407
Wyre Forest District Council 拢117,144

Annex B: grant conditions

  1. Grant paid to a local authority under this determination may be used only for the purposes that a capital receipt may be used for in accordance with regulations made under section 11 of the Local Government Act 2003.

  2. The Chief Executive and Chief Internal Auditor of each of the recipient authorities are required to sign and return to the team leader of the Resource and Waste Division of the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs a declaration, to be received no later than 28 March 2025, in the following terms:

鈥淭o the best of our knowledge and belief, and having carried out appropriate investigations and checks, in our opinion, in all significant respects, the conditions attached to Food Waste Collection Grant Determination No 31/7220 have been complied with鈥.

  1. If an authority fails to comply with any of the conditions and requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2, the Minister of State may-

    a) reduce, suspend or withhold grant; or

    b) by notification in writing to the authority, require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant.

  2. Any sum notified by the Minister of State under paragraph 3(b) shall immediately become repayable to the Minister.