Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Three-tier criteria
Criteria met if there are multiple staff members employed on 3 days a week or more to be working on the council's Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects equating to a given % of the overall council staff team.
First tier criteria met if more than or equal to 0.5% but less than 1% of council staff work on implementing a councils' Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects.
Second tier criteria met if more than or equal to 1% but less than 2% of council staff work on implementing a councils' Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects.
Third tier criteria met if more than or equal to 2% of council staff work on implementing a councils' Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects
Staff is defined as all directly employed council staff (excluding sub/contractors and agency staff). We accept contractors for the role of biodiversity planning officer as long as they are equivalent to 3 days or more per week.
Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Devon County Council | 2/3 | ▼ -1 | |
| Essex County Council | 2/3 | -- | |
| Norfolk County Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Warwickshire County Council | 2/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Leicestershire County Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Suffolk County Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Sussex County Council | 1/3 | ▲ 1 | |
| Worcestershire County Council | 1/3 | -- | |
Derbyshire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Sussex County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gloucestershire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hampshire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kent County Council
| 0/3 | -- | No response from FOI |
Lancashire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | No response from FOI |
Lincolnshire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nottinghamshire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Staffordshire County Council
| 0/3 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Surrey County Council
| 0/3 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |