Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department takes steps to ensure that the impact of littering on coastlines is taken into account when calculating funding for local councils.

The Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £54.1 billion in 2022/23 for local government in England, an increase of up to £3.7 billion on 2021/22.

The allocation of this funding takes into account the different needs and resources of councils across the country, including the need for waste related services. Further information on how funding is allocated to local authorities is available here: http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/CalcFFs.pdf.

The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities.