2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a scheme to allow residents to purchase renewable energy cheaply, through collective buying?

Question code
1.11
Section
Buildings & Heating
Topic
Renewable Energy purchasing schemes
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council is running a Solar Streets or equivalent collective energy buying project.

Second tier criteria met if the council is running a Solar Together or equivalent project, such as iChoosr or Make My House Green. Points awarded to any other scheme councils are doing that are on a similar scale to Solar Together.

Clarifications

If the project is being led by the County Council or a combined authority and all other councils in that area are involved too, then all those district councils will be awarded the points.

The project cannot be a trial project.

Marked using data provided by Solar Streets - https://solarstreets.co.uk/ and Solar Together - https://solartogether.co.uk/landing

Question performance

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0 points

99 single tier councils

1 point

7 single tier councils

2 points

80 single tier councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

single tier councils

2424
councils scored higher in 2025
1212
councils scored lower in 2025

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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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2/2
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Bath and North East Somerset Council
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2/2
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Bedford Borough Council
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2/2
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Bracknell Forest Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Brighton and Hove City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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2/2--
Bristol City Council
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2/2
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Buckinghamshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Central Bedfordshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
City of London
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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2/2--
Halton Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Hartlepool Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Kirklees Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
Liverpool City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Barnet
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
London Borough of Bexley
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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London Borough of Brent
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Bromley
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
London Borough of Camden
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Croydon
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Ealing
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

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London Borough of Enfield
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Hackney2/2--
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Haringey
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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London Borough of Harrow
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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London Borough of Havering
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Hillingdon
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Hounslow
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Islington2/2--
London Borough of Lambeth
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Lewisham
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Merton
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Newham
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Redbridge
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/2--
London Borough of Southwark
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
London Borough of Sutton
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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London Borough of Wandsworth
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Luton Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Medway Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
North East Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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North Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
North Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

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North Somerset Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

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Northumberland Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
North Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference

Evidence

2/2NA
Plymouth City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Portsmouth City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Reading Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Royal Borough of Greenwich2/2--
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Score 2025
2/2
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2/2--
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Score 2025
2/2
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2/2--
Salford City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 1
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Southampton City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
South Gloucestershire Council
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2/2
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2/2--
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
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2/2--
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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2/2--
Swindon Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
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Evidence

2/2--
Warrington Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
West Berkshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 1
West Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Westminster City Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
West Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Wiltshire Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Wirral Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

2/2--
Wokingham Borough Council
Score 2025
2/2
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/2▲ 2
Argyll and Bute Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Bridgend County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/2▲ 1
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/2--
Isles of Scilly
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/2--
Manchester City Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▼ 1

Evidence

1/2▼ -1
Telford & Wrekin Council
Score 2025
1/2
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

    1/2▲ 1
      Aberdeen City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Aberdeenshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Angus Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Birmingham City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Blackpool Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Caerphilly County Borough Council
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      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Cardiff Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Carmarthenshire County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Ceredigion County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      City of Edinburgh Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      City of York Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Clackmannanshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Conwy County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Cornwall Council (Unitary)
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Coventry City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Cumberland Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      0/2NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
      Darlington Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Denbighshire County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Derby City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Dorset Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Dumfries and Galloway Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Dundee City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Durham County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      East Ayrshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      East Dunbartonshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      East Lothian Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      East Renfrewshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Falkirk Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Fife Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Flintshire County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -1No evidence found
      Glasgow City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Gwynedd County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Herefordshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Inverclyde Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Isle of Anglesey County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Isle of Wight Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Leeds City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Leicester City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Middlesbrough Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Midlothian Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Milton Keynes
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Monmouthshire County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Newport City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      North Ayrshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      North Lanarkshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Nottingham City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Orkney Islands Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Pembrokeshire County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Perth and Kinross Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Peterborough City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Powys County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Redcar and Cleveland Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Renfrewshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Rutland County Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Scottish Borders Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Sheffield City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Shetland Islands Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Shropshire Council - Unitary
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Slough Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Somerset Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      0/2NANo evidence found
      South Ayrshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      South Lanarkshire Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      South Tyneside Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Stirling Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Stoke-on-Trent City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Sunderland City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Swansea City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      The Highland Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      The Moray Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Thurrock Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Torbay Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Torfaen County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2No evidence found
      Vale of Glamorgan Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -1No evidence found
      West Lothian Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      --
      0/2--No evidence found
      Westmorland and Furness Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      0/2NANo evidence found
      Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
      ▼ 0
      0/2▼ -2Evidence doesn't meet criteria
      Wolverhampton City Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found
      Wrexham County Borough Council
      Score 2025
      0/2
      2023 Difference
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      0/2--No evidence found