2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council taken steps to support local food growing?

Question code
7.5
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
Local Food Growing
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has proactively created more space for local food growing through providing funding, land, staff or other resources to support:
- community garden or orchards
- schools to have growing spaces
- community or city farms or gardens, including edible fruit/veg/herbs patches in public spaces such as parks, rooftops or grass verges.

Clarifications

Allotment space is not included in this question as it is a statutory requirement for councils to provide allotments.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

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26 single tier councils

1 point

160 single tier councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

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Aberdeen City Council
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Aberdeenshire Council
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Angus Council
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Argyll and Bute Council
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Bath and North East Somerset Council
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Bedford Borough Council
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Birmingham City Council
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Blackpool Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council1/1--
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
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Bracknell Forest Council
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Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Bridgend County Borough Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Brighton and Hove City Council
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Bristol City Council
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Buckinghamshire Council
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council1/1--
Caerphilly County Borough Council
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1/1
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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Carmarthenshire County Council
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1/1
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Central Bedfordshire Council1/1▲ 1
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)1/1--
Cheshire West and Chester Council
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1/1
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City of Edinburgh Council
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City of London
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City of York Council
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1/1
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Clackmannanshire Council1/1▲ 1
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Conwy County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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1/1
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Coventry City Council
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Cumberland Council1/1NA
Denbighshire County Council
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1/1
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Derby City Council
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1/1
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dorset Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Dumfries and Galloway Council
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1/1
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Dundee City Council
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1/1
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Durham County Council
Score 2025
1/1
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East Ayrshire Council
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1/1
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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1/1
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East Lothian Council
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1/1
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Falkirk Council
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Fife Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Flintshire County Council
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1/1
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Glasgow City Council
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1/1
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Gwynedd County Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1--
Hartlepool Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Herefordshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Inverclyde Council
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1/1
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1/1--
Isle of Anglesey County Council
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1/1
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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1/1
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Kirklees Council
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Leeds City Council
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1/1
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Leicester City Council
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1/1
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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1/1
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Bromley
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Camden
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1/1
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London Borough of Ealing
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London Borough of Enfield
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London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Harrow
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1/1
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London Borough of Havering
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Hounslow
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1/1
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London Borough of Islington
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1/1
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London Borough of Lambeth1/1--
London Borough of Lewisham
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1/1
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London Borough of Merton
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Newham
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1/1
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London Borough of Redbridge
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1/1
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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1/1
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London Borough of Southwark
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1/1
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London Borough of Sutton
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1/1
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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1/1
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
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1/1
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Luton Borough Council
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1/1
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Manchester City Council
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1/1
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Medway Council
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1/1
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Middlesbrough Borough Council
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1/1
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Midlothian Council
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1/1
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Milton Keynes
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Monmouthshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Newport City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
North Ayrshire Council
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1/1
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North East Lincolnshire Council
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1/1
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North Lanarkshire Council
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1/1
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North Lincolnshire Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
North Northamptonshire Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Northumberland Council
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1/1
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North Yorkshire Council
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1/1
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1/1NA
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Pembrokeshire County Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Perth and Kinross Council
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Peterborough City Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Plymouth City Council
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1/1
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Portsmouth City Council
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1/1
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Powys County Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Reading Borough Council
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1/1
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Redcar and Cleveland Council
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Renfrewshire Council
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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
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1/1
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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Greenwich
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1/1
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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1/1
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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1/1
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Salford City Council
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1/1
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Scottish Borders Council1/1--
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Sheffield City Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1--
Shetland Islands Council
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1/1
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1/1--
Shropshire Council - Unitary
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1/1
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Slough Borough Council
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1/1
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Somerset Council
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1/1
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1/1NA
South Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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1/1
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South Gloucestershire Council1/1--
South Lanarkshire Council1/1--
Stirling Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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1/1
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Sunderland City Council
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1/1
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Swansea City Council
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1/1
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Swindon Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
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1/1--
Telford & Wrekin Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
The Highland Council
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1/1
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1/1--
The Moray Council
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1/1
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Thurrock Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Torbay Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Torfaen County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

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

Evidence

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

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1/1▲ 1
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Warrington Borough Council
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1/1
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West Berkshire Council
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1/1
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West Dunbartonshire Council
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1/1
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West Lothian Council1/1--
Westminster City Council
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1/1
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Westmorland and Furness Council
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1/1
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1/1NA
West Northamptonshire Council
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1/1
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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1/1
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Wiltshire Council
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Wirral Council
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Wokingham Borough Council
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1/1
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Wolverhampton City Council
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cardiff Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ceredigion County Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Darlington Borough Council
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0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
East Renfrewshire Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Halton Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Isle of Wight Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Isles of Scilly
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Liverpool City Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Bexley
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0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
London Borough of Croydon
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0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
London Borough of Hillingdon
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Wandsworth
Score 2025
0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
North Somerset Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottingham City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Orkney Islands Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rutland County Council
Score 2025
0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Southampton City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--No evidence found
South Tyneside Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wrexham County Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria