2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a sustainable food strategy?

Question code
7.4a
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
Food Strategy
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the strategy or work plan covers the whole council area (sometimes called place-based) and includes sections on sustainable food or the climate impacts of food.
The strategy must cover 6 months or more.

Clarifications

The strategy is not valid for a mark if it only focuses on council only operations, or only focuses on healthy eating and obesity.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

0 points

123 single tier councils

1 point

63 single tier councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

single tier councils

2323
councils scored higher in 2025
66
councils scored lower in 2025

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Aberdeen City Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Evidence

1/1--
Aberdeenshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Evidence

1/1--
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Birmingham City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Brighton and Hove City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Bristol City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Cardiff Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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Evidence

1/1--
Carmarthenshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Central Bedfordshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

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

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Clackmannanshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cumberland Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

1/1NA
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Dorset Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Durham County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Fife Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Glasgow City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Hartlepool Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Herefordshire Council1/1--
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Kirklees Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Leeds City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Leicester City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Liverpool City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Barnet
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Ealing
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Hounslow
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Islington
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Lambeth
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Newham
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Southwark
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

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

Evidence

1/1--
Medway Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Monmouthshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Nottingham City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Perth and Kinross Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Plymouth City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Salford City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Sheffield City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Shetland Islands Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Somerset Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference

Evidence

1/1NA
South Gloucestershire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
South Lanarkshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Telford & Wrekin Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Torbay Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Angus Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Argyll and Bute Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bedford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Blackpool Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bracknell Forest Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Bridgend County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Buckinghamshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ceredigion County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of Edinburgh Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of London
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of York Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Conwy County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Coventry City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Darlington Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Denbighshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Derby City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Dundee City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
East Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
East Lothian Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Renfrewshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Falkirk Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Flintshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gwynedd County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Halton Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Inverclyde Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Isle of Wight Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Isles of Scilly
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Bexley
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Brent
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Bromley
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Camden
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Croydon
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Enfield
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Hackney
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Haringey
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Harrow
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Havering
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Hillingdon
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Lewisham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Merton
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Redbridge
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Sutton
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Wandsworth
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Luton Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Midlothian Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Milton Keynes
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newport City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
North Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North East Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
North Lanarkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
North Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Somerset Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Northumberland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
North Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
Orkney Islands Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Pembrokeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Peterborough City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Portsmouth City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Powys County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Reading Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Redcar and Cleveland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Renfrewshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Rutland County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Scottish Borders Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Shropshire Council - Unitary
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Slough Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Southampton City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Tyneside Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
Stirling Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Sunderland City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swansea City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swindon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
The Highland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
The Moray Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Thurrock Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Torfaen County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warrington Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Berkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
West Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lothian Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Westminster City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Westmorland and Furness Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
West Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wiltshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wirral Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wokingham Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wolverhampton City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Wrexham County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found