Keep Britain Tidy: Finance
(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to Keep Britain Tidy in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
In the last five years, no funding has been specifically allocated to Keep Britain Tidy, but it has successfully bid for a number of litter-related contracts:
Year | Project | Contract value awarded |
2017-18 | Survey of roadside litter on trunk roads other than motorways | £79,000 |
2017-18 | Research into packaging design to reduce litter and littering | £8,993 |
2017-18 | Waterside Care community engagement project | £5,833 |
2018-19 | Economic valuation of the non-market benefits of dealing with specific types of litter that a Deposit Return Scheme in England would help to overcome | £41,525 |
2019-20 | Research into litter composition, including composition of dropped versus binned litter and brands of littered Items | £92,320 |
2020-21 | North West bathing waters programme | £30,000 |
2021-22 | Macro plastic North West | £74,240 |
Keep Britain Tidy has also been awarded the following grant funding towards delivery of national clear-up days and campaigns:
Year | Grant |
2016 (Clean for the Queen) | £9,500 |
2017 (Great British Spring Clean) | £10,000 |
2020 (Love Parks / Respect the Outdoors) | £30,000 |
Defra has an annual contract with Keep Britain Tidy to host the National Fly-tipping Prevention Group’s (NFTPG) website: http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/
Year | Contract value awarded |
2016/17 | £3,828 |
2017/18 | £3,828 |
2018/19 | £3,828 |
2019/20 | £3,903.60 |
2020/21 | £3,903.60* |
*Awarded but not yet paid
In 2017, under the £450,000 Litter Innovation Fund, Keep Britain Tidy was awarded £39,717 across 4 grants. Full details are available at: http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/litter-innovation-fund