2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

What percentage of the council's overall staff work on implementing their Climate Action Plan or other climate change projects?

Question code
4.8
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Staff time on climate action
Source
FOI
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

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

Clarifications

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.

Question performance

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0 points

10 county councils

1 point

6 county councils

2 points

5 county councils

3 points

0 county councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

88
councils scored higher in 2025
22
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
2/3
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/3▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
2/3
2023 Difference
▼ 2

Evidence

2/3▼ -1
Essex County Council
Score 2025
2/3
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

2/3--
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
2/3
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/3▲ 1
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
2/3
2023 Difference
▲ 2

Evidence

2/3▲ 1
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/3▲ 1
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/3▲ 1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/3▲ 1
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/3▲ 1
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/3▲ 1
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/3
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/3--
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--No response from FOI
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--No response from FOI
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
--
0/3--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/3
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/3▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria