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 by council type

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Points distribution single tier councils

0 points

123 single tier councils

1 point

63 single tier councils

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.

Rising and falling single tier councils

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

Scores and evidence single tier councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Aberdeen City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

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

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
--

Evidence

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

Evidence

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

Evidence

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

Evidence

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

Evidence

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

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
--
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
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bedford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Blackpool Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bracknell Forest Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
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
--
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
--
0/1--No evidence found
Derby City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Dundee City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
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
--
0/1--No evidence found
Falkirk Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Flintshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gwynedd County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Halton Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Inverclyde Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Isle of Wight Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Isles of Scilly
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Bexley
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
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
--
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
--
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
--
0/1--No evidence found
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
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
--
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
--
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