Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities are successful in meeting Government targets for recycling.

The Coalition Government removed targets for local authorities.

Information on local authority recycling rates in England can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results

and here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766014/LA_and_Regional_Spreadsheet_201718_rev2.xlsx