Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to local authority recycling schemes in each of the last five years.

In November 2012, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced the successful bidders to the Weekly Collection Support Scheme. In nearly all cases, the 81 local authorities in receipt of the fund used their allocations to improve local recycling services for residents while protecting weekly collections of residual waste. The funding allocated was as follows:

2012/13: £49.0 million
2013/14: £98.9 million
2014/15: £69.6 million

In March 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced the successful bidders to the Recycling Reward Scheme. In all cases, the 41 local authorities in receipt of the fund used their allocations to reward residents for reducing, reusing, or recycling their household waste. The funding allocated was as follows:

2014/15: £6.1 million
2015/16: £5.0 million

In addition, from 2011-2013, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs allocated £1,427,059 through its Reward and Recognition Fund to 25 unique organisations or partnerships, most involving local authorities, to deliver 31 schemes that sought to reward or recognise people for adopting positive waste behaviours.