Policy paper

Food waste collection grant determination (2025): No 31/7654

Updated 17 October 2025

Applies to England

The Secretary of State for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (鈥渢he Secretary 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 Determination (2025) [No31/7654].

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 Secretary of State determines the authorities to which the grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid. The authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.

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

UK Government Branding

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

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

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

6) 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 Secretary of State for Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.

Emma Bourne, Director, Circular Economy, Defra.

Annex A: revenue Grant allocations to local authorities 2024 to 2025

Local Authority Revenue Funding 2024/25
Adur District Council 拢162,552
Amber Valley Borough Council 拢252,697
Arun District Council 拢293,361
Ashfield District Council 拢227,818
Ashford Borough Council 拢35,932
Babergh District Council 拢295,634
Barking and Dagenham LB 拢311,423
Barnet LB 拢553,446
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 拢317,804
Bassetlaw District Council 拢243,426
Bath and North East Somerset Council 拢19,630
Bedford 拢341,148
Bexley LB 拢90,999
Birmingham City Council 拢1,355,790
Blaby District Council 拢196,507
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 拢255,380
Blackpool Borough Council 拢250,945
Bolsover District Council 拢193,021
Boston Borough Council 拢171,041
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 拢343,192
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 拢70,293
Bradford City MDC (MBC) 拢748,180
Braintree District Council 拢95,817
Breckland Council 拢286,851
Brent LB 拢70,108
Brentwood Borough Council 拢35,041
Brighton and Hove Council 拢468,830
Bristol City Council 拢61,491
Bromley LB 拢45,816
Bromsgrove District Council 拢207,695
Broxbourne Borough Council 拢55,998
Broxtowe Borough Council 拢216,923
Buckinghamshire Council 拢152,442
Burnley Borough Council 拢271,897
Calderdale MBC 拢46,462
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils 拢587,465
Camden LB 拢119,033
Cannock Chase Council 拢201,782
Canterbury City Council 拢30,003
Central Bedfordshire 拢129,355
Charnwood Borough Council 拢295,682
Chelmsford Borough Council 拢52,329
Cherwell District Council 拢28,269
Cheshire East 拢577,161
Cheshire West and Chester 拢80,207
Chesterfield Borough Council 拢221,632
Chichester District Council 拢289,659
Chorley Borough Council 拢250,455
City of London 拢51,903
Colchester Borough Council 拢76,543
Cornwall 拢986,857
Council of the Isles of Scilly 拢70,562
County Durham 拢909,734
Coventry City Council 拢457,787
Crawley Borough Council 拢197,987
Croydon LB 拢42,396
Dacorum Borough Council 拢18,690
Darlington Borough Council 拢221,752
Dartford Borough Council 拢226,214
Derby City Council 拢372,085
Dover District Council 拢32,043
Dudley MBC 拢502,963
Ealing LB 拢121,002
East Cambridgeshire District Council 拢201,998
East Hampshire District Council 拢258,680
East Hertfordshire District Council 拢322,479
East Lindsey District Council 拢312,559
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 拢606,289
East Staffordshire Borough Council 拢247,507
East Suffolk Council 拢480,034
Eastbourne Borough Council 拢193,310
Eastleigh Borough Council 拢31,930
Elmbridge Borough Council 拢23,207
Enfield LB 拢217,454
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 拢18,917
Erewash Borough Council 拢221,337
Exeter City Council 拢190,340
Fareham Borough Council 拢223,120
Fenland District Council 拢236,209
Fylde Borough Council 拢188,295
Gedling Borough Council 拢233,708
Gloucester City Council 拢35,270
Gosport Borough Council 拢162,229
Gravesham Borough Council 拢45,924
Great Yarmouth Borough Council 拢218,260
Greenwich LB 拢119,363
Guildford Borough Council 拢25,252
Hackney LB 拢64,521
Halton Borough Council 拢237,443
Hammersmith and Fulham LB 拢307,585
Harborough District Council 拢211,526
Haringey LB 拢123,518
Harlow District Council 拢63,754
Harrow LB 拢92,981
Hart District Council 拢199,437
Hartlepool Borough Council 拢193,357
Hastings Borough Council 拢191,411
Havant Borough Council 拢199,901
Havering LB 拢365,519
Herefordshire Council 拢369,475
Hertsmere Borough Council 拢219,877
High Peak Borough Council 拢228,875
Hillingdon LB 拢120,254
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 拢244,202
Horsham District Council 拢306,643
Hounslow LB 拢85,507
Huntingdonshire District Council 拢350,537
Hyndburn Borough Council 拢175,682
Ipswich Borough Council 拢179,617
Islington LB 拢270,491
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 拢15,919
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 拢359,240
Kirklees MBC 拢619,909
Knowsley MBC 拢246,861
Lambeth LB 拢238,243
Lancaster City Council 拢252,057
Leeds City Council MBC 拢1,240,609
Leicester City Council 拢467,807
Lewisham LB 拢264,664
Lichfield District Council 拢228,817
Lincoln City Council 拢186,075
Liverpool City Council 拢659,828
Luton Borough Council 拢296,507
Maidstone Borough Council 拢33,431
Maldon District Council 拢27,867
Malvern Hills District Council 拢203,277
Mansfield District Council 拢211,319
Medway Borough Council 拢139,652
Melton Borough Council 拢151,937
Merton LB 拢73,289
Mid Suffolk District Council 拢229,571
Mid Sussex District Council 拢275,714
Middlesbrough Borough Council 拢242,619
Milton Keynes Council 拢54,760
Mole Valley District Council 拢34,228
New Forest District Council 拢351,503
Newark and Sherwood District Council 拢260,040
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 拢25,887
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC 拢448,358
Newham LB 拢448,697
North East Derbyshire District Council 拢226,080
North East Lincolnshire Council 拢296,792
North Kesteven District Council 拢249,002
North Lincolnshire Council 拢319,253
North Norfolk District Council 拢259,382
North Northamptonshire 拢418,153
North Somerset Council 拢50,445
North Tyneside Council 拢336,201
North Warwickshire Borough Council 拢167,555
North West Leicestershire District Council 拢231,207
Northumberland 拢545,748
Norwich City Council 拢25,568
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 拢252,155
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 拢130,277
Oxford City Council 拢27,770
Pendle Borough Council 拢185,553
Peterborough City Council 拢96,489
Plymouth City Council 拢395,014
Preston City Council 拢256,098
Reading Borough Council 拢25,952
Redbridge LB 拢369,806
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 拢258,623
Redditch Borough Council 拢160,772
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 拢84,283
Ribble Valley Borough Council 拢163,406
Richmond upon Thames LB 拢87,002
Rochford District Council 拢15,521
Rossendale Borough Council 拢174,378
Rother District Council 拢231,337
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 拢317,798
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 拢45,650
Rugby Borough Council 拢215,185
Runnymede Borough Council 拢69,946
Rushcliffe Borough Council 拢229,861
Rutland County Council 拢128,033
Sandwell MBC 拢405,357
Sefton MBC 拢466,815
Sevenoaks District Council 拢238,858
Shepway District Council 拢30,608
Shropshire 拢561,710
Slough Borough Council 拢232,640
Solihull MBC 拢364,038
Somerset Waste Partnership 拢97,794
South Derbyshire District Council 拢201,239
South Gloucestershire Council 拢53,182
South Hams District Council 拢119,295
South Holland District Council 拢206,559
South Kesteven District Council 拢279,818
South Norfolk Council 拢279,530
South Ribble Borough Council 拢213,496
South Staffordshire Council 拢235,931
Southampton City Council 拢444,927
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 拢74,749
Southwark LB 拢315,645
Spelthorne Borough Council 拢65,899
St Albans City and District Council 拢27,877
St Helens MBC 拢58,956
Stafford Borough Council 拢285,770
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 拢224,219
Stevenage Borough Council 拢172,631
Stockport MBC 拢111,749
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 拢335,476
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 拢392,973
Surrey Heath Borough Council 拢21,871
Sutton LB 拢89,738
Swale Borough Council 拢60,597
Swindon Borough Council 拢347,063
Tameside MBC 拢60,222
Tamworth Borough Council 拢155,866
Tandridge District Council 拢16,178
Tendring District Council 拢56,757
Test Valley Borough Council 拢273,136
Thanet District Council 拢36,724
Three Rivers District Council 拢39,282
Thurrock Council 拢275,571
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 拢45,071
Torbay Council 拢40,360
Tower Hamlets LB 拢489,663
Trafford MBC 拢92,002
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 拢62,598
Walsall MBC 拢379,245
Waltham Forest LB 拢338,268
Wandsworth LB 拢510,720
Warrington Borough Council 拢373,483
Warwick District Council 拢81,801
Watford Borough Council 拢65,530
Wealden District Council 拢324,543
Welwyn Hatfield Council 拢214,057
West Lancashire Borough Council 拢272,357
West Lindsey District Council 拢218,286
West Northamptonshire 拢100,660
West Oxfordshire District Council 拢17,787
West Suffolk Council 拢341,950
Westminster City Council 拢345,922
Wiltshire 拢853,894
Winchester City Council 拢306,085
Wirral MBC 拢459,651
Woking Borough Council 拢15,463
Wolverhampton MBC 拢361,660
Worcester City Council 拢216,488
Worthing Borough Council 拢216,632
Wychavon District Council 拢278,431
Wyre Borough Council 拢226,097
Wyre Forest District Council 拢216,010