Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 160671, how many local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber region have applied for grant funding through the Waste and Resources Action Programme grant scheme.

The Litter Binfrastructure Grant, provides local authorities in England with the opportunity to apply for capital grants of £10,000-£25,000 to support the purchase of new litter bins. The scheme which, is managed by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and funded by Defra, was open from 17^th December 2020 until 10^th March 2021. 77 applications were received in total, and £983,000 has been awarded to local authorities across 44 grants.

Six applications were received from local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region, as follows:

1. North Lincolnshire Council
2. Bradford Metropolitan District Council
3. Leeds City Council
4. Richmondshire District Council
5. North East Lincolnshire Council
6. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council