Policy paper

Food waste collection grant determination (2025): No 31/7655

Updated 17 October 2025

Applies to England

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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

  • This determination may be cited as the Food Waste Collection Grant Determination 2025 [No31/7655].

Purpose of the grant

  • 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

  • The Secretary of State determines 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 B.

Grant conditions

  • Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the conditions in Annex A.
  • Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Secretary of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.

UK Government Branding

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

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

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

  • 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: 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 Circular Economy Division of the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs a declaration, to be received no later than 31 March 2026, in the following terms:

“To 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 Capital transitional grant to support the delivery of weekly food waste collections No 31/7655 have been complied with”.

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

    1. reduce, suspend or withhold grant; or

    2. 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 Secretary of State under paragraph 3(b) shall immediately become repayable to the Secretary.

Annex B: Capital grant allocations to local authorities 2024 to 2025

Local authority Capital funding 2024/25
Babergh District Council £116,178
Birmingham City Council £320,580
Boston Borough Council £2,850
Breckland Council £236,931
Bromsgrove District Council £111,385
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils £584,721
Colchester Borough Council £4,611
Crawley Borough Council £1,572
East Staffordshire Borough Council £30,099
Elmbridge Borough Council £12,229
Gravesham Borough Council £116,708
Guildford Borough Council £1,694
Haringey LB £369,159
High Peak Borough Council £30,109
Horsham District Council £6,632
Ipswich Borough Council £1,547
Lichfield District Council £23,222
Melton Borough Council £17,214
Mid Devon District Council £75,280
Mole Valley District Council £9,667
Newark and Sherwood District Council £109,673
North Warwickshire Borough Council £137,019
North West Leicestershire District Council £1,594
Norwich City Council £22,245
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council £5,263
Oxford City Council £23,063
Preston City Council £340,819
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council £31,053
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council £4,080
Southampton City Council £226,419
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council £117,619
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council £8,119
Swale Borough Council £35,375
Tamworth Borough Council £15,197
Test Valley Borough Council £2,022
West Lancashire Borough Council £145,747
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