Policy paper

Food waste collection grant determination (2024): No 31/7069

Published 25 March 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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 [No31/7069].

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 to 2024
Adur District Council 拢507,870
Amber Valley Borough Council 拢1,202,866
Arun District Council 拢1,665,840
Ashford Borough Council 拢136,950
Babergh District Council 拢1,008,912
Barking and Dagenham London Borough 拢1,297,083
Barnet London Borough 拢2,706,942
Basildon District Council 拢102,300
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 拢1,383,648
Bath and North East Somerset Council 拢693
Bedford 拢1,569,080
Bexley London Borough 拢240,233
Birmingham City Council 拢6,825,450
Blaby District Council 拢919,856
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 拢1,157,421
Blackpool Borough Council 拢1,115,005
Bolsover District Council 拢691,654
Boston Borough Council 拢728,645
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 拢1,153,126
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 拢179,622
Bradford City Metropolitan District Council (MBC) 拢3,660,690
Braintree District Council 拢319,648
Breckland Council 拢1,140,978
Brent London Borough 拢201,039
Brentwood Borough Council 拢130,713
Brighton and Hove Council 拢2,443,812
Bromley London Borough 拢52,025
Bromsgrove District Council 拢902,511
Broxbourne Borough Council 拢54,068
Buckinghamshire Council 拢620,491
Burnley Borough Council 拢710,135
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council 拢150,000
Camden London Borough 拢606,909
Cannock Chase Council 拢1,026,211
Central Bedfordshire 拢454,355
Charnwood Borough Council 拢1,359,633
Chelmsford Borough Council 拢172,293
Cherwell District Council 拢118,200
Cheshire East 拢2,711,705
Cheshire West and Chester 拢197,700
Chesterfield Borough Council 拢765,001
Chichester District Council 拢1,243,037
Chorley Borough Council 拢1,182,775
City of London 拢47,780
Colchester Borough Council 拢196,134
Cornwall 拢5,516,888
County Durham 拢4,716,813
Coventry City Council 拢1,869,505
Crawley Borough Council 拢848,408
Croydon London Borough 拢45,848
Darlington Borough Council 拢1,182,778
Dartford Borough Council 拢860,552
Derby City Council 拢1,676,084
Dover District Council 拢20,034
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 拢2,679,480
Ealing London Borough 拢406,411
East Hampshire District Council 拢1,326,410
East Hertfordshire District Council 拢1,501,261
East Lindsey District Council 拢1,440,450
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 拢2,945,875
East Staffordshire Borough Council 拢986,295
East Suffolk Council 拢2,367,763
Eastbourne Borough Council 拢857,480
Eastleigh Borough Council 拢24,184
Elmbridge Borough Council 拢20,932
Enfield London Borough 拢919,590
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 拢108,302
Erewash Borough Council 拢1,084,651
Exeter City Council 拢857,138
Fareham Borough Council 拢969,223
Folkestone and Hythe District Council 拢4,690
Fylde Borough Council 拢794,751
Gloucester City Council 拢138,535
Gosport Borough Council 拢670,045
Gravesham Borough Council 拢134,348
Great Yarmouth Borough Council 拢849,755
Greenwich London Borough 拢401,983
Guildford Borough Council 拢13,070
Hackney London Borough 拢194,576
Halton Borough Council 拢1,019,111
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough 拢1,439,199
Harborough District Council 拢901,880
Haringey London Borough 拢47,700
Harlow District Council 拢76,447
Harrogate Borough Council 拢1,757,340
Hart District Council 拢810,579
Hartlepool Borough Council 拢806,679
Hastings Borough Council 拢821,138
Havant Borough Council 拢875,533
Havering London Borough 拢1,894,383
Herefordshire Council 拢1,847,132
Hertsmere Borough Council 拢764,605
High Peak Borough Council 拢920,833
Hillingdon London Borough 拢606,837
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 拢1,071,138
Horsham District Council 拢1,486,271
Hounslow London Borough 拢230,382
Hyndburn Borough Council 拢665,610
Ipswich Borough Council 拢949,081
Islington London Borough 拢1,106,700
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 拢1,113
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 拢1,494,922
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 拢1,205,675
Lambeth London Borough 拢1,153,350
Lancaster City Council 拢1,462,385
Leeds City Council Metropolitan Borough Council 拢6,877,314
Leicester City Council 拢2,241,048
Lewisham London Borough 拢1,004,400
Lichfield District Council 拢1,131,643
Lincoln City Council 拢829,410
Liverpool City Council 拢3,373,697
Luton Borough Council 拢1,415,497
Maldon District Council 拢10,097
Malvern Hills District Council 拢977,409
Medway Borough Council 拢502,801
Melton Borough Council 拢563,884
Merton London Borough 拢315,212
Mid Suffolk District Council 拢1,041,808
Mid Sussex District Council 拢1,073,268
Middlesbrough Borough Council 拢930,834
Milton Keynes Council 拢156,185
Mole Valley District Council 拢12,974
New Forest District Council 拢1,800,434
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 拢14,207
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council Metropolitan Borough Council 拢2,213,024
Newham London Borough 拢2,067,727
North East Derbyshire District Council 拢844,292
North East Lincolnshire Council 拢1,217,660
North Kesteven District Council 拢936,516
North Lincolnshire Council 拢1,549,407
North Norfolk District Council 拢1,097,527
North Northamptonshire 拢2,495,563
North Somerset Council 拢53,806
North Tyneside Council 拢1,644,270
North Warwickshire Borough Council 拢545,907
North West Leicestershire District Council 拢1,062,066
Northumberland 拢2,949,940
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 拢980,720
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 拢464,835
Pendle Borough Council 拢793,377
Plymouth City Council 拢1,941,574
Preston City Council 拢1,065,359
Reading Borough Council 拢125,231
Redbridge London Borough 拢1,797,750
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 拢1,040,335
Redditch Borough Council 拢766,498
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 拢201,834
Ribble Valley Borough Council 拢588,541
Richmond upon Thames London Borough 拢548,630
Rochford District Council 拢102,976
Rossendale Borough Council 拢738,776
Rother District Council 拢1,041,939
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 拢1,563,672
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 拢159,111
Rugby Borough Council 拢967,721
Runnymede Borough Council 拢175,585
Rutland County Council 拢533,500
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 拢336,268
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 拢2,644,182
Sevenoaks District Council 拢1,181,206
Shropshire 拢2,791,092
Slough Borough Council 拢2,176,290
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 拢1,688,158
Somerset Waste Partnership 拢387,359
South Derbyshire District Council 拢811,830
South Gloucestershire Council 拢171,531
South Hams District Council 拢471,183
South Holland District Council 拢806,891
South Kesteven District Council 拢1,371,150
South Norfolk Council 拢1,363,766
South Ribble Borough Council 拢861,326
South Staffordshire Council 拢1,266,480
Southampton City Council 拢1,882,612
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 拢845,991
Southwark London Borough 拢1,315,889
Spelthorne Borough Council 拢290,010
St Albans City and District Council 拢18,317
Stafford Borough Council 拢1,457,824
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 拢932,962
Stevenage Borough Council 拢591,677
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 拢508,419
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 拢1,433,091
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 拢1,665,210
Surrey Heath Borough Council 拢10,880
Sutton London Borough 拢345,164
Swale Borough Council 拢23,216
Swindon Borough Council 拢1,754,820
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 拢210,939
Tamworth Borough Council 拢634,896
Tandridge District Council 拢1,272
Tendring District Council 拢277,365
Test Valley Borough Council 拢1,330,665
Thanet District Council 拢142,050
Three Rivers District Council 拢39,293
Thurrock Council 拢348,694
Torbay Council 拢148,609
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 拢449,083
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 拢143,949
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 拢1,844,769
Waltham Forest London Borough 拢1,478,992
Wandsworth London Borough 拢2,419,261
Warrington Borough Council 拢1,863,566
Warwick District Council 拢208,389
Watford Borough Council 拢176,171
Wealden District Council 拢1,637,844
Welwyn Hatfield Council 拢792,634
West Lancashire Borough Council 拢1,072,995
West Lindsey District Council 拢1,023,179
West Northamptonshire 拢334,124
West Oxfordshire District Council 拢3,204
West Suffolk Council 拢1,697,717
Westminster City Council 拢1,498,530
Winchester City Council 拢1,382,034
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 拢2,376,737
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council 拢1,805,280
Worcester City Council 拢728,160
Worthing Borough Council 拢875,810
Wychavon District Council 拢1,236,473
Wyre Borough Council 拢1,296,715
Wyre Forest District Council 拢1,037,762

Annex B: grant conditions

1)聽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)聽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 1 March 2024, 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 31/7069 have been complied with鈥.

3)聽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.

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