Question follow-through · 106729

Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inflation and supply chain pressures on capital costs for local authorities delivering domestic food waste collection

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 19 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 22 Jan 2026
Answer: 22 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inflation and supply chain pressures on capital costs for local authorities delivering domestic food waste collection
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2026
Answer published
The cost modelling for the new burdens funding formula, which took place in 2023, took inflation into account by conducting market research on the most recent industry prices on all aspects being funded. WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) pro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with local authorities going through Local Government Reorganisation to ensure that food waste collections align with new boundaries.