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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was to local authorities in England of (a) collecting and (b) disposing of road sweepings in the latest period for which figures are available.

Data on the expenditure by local authorities on Street cleansing (not chargeable to Highways) is published online in the Revenue Outturn Cultural, Environmental, Regulatory and Planning Services (RO5), which is available at the following link:

http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing