Question follow-through · 16756
Waste Disposal: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on ensuring value for money in contracts for the treatment of separately collected household food waste, including where priv
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on ensuring value for money in contracts for the treatment of separately collected household food waste, including where priv
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Defra does not provide direct guidance to local authorities for the procurement of food waste treatment contracts. However, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), funded by Defra have provided guidance for local authorities to support the implementa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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