Policy paper

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

Published 7 October 2025

Applies to England

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