Local stop smoking services and support: funding allocations and methodology for 2025 to 2026
Published 30 December 2024
Applies to England
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Introduction
The government is investing an additional £70 million in 2025 to 2026 to support local authority led stop smoking services. This document outlines the confirmed funding allocation for each local authority.
This funding supports the government’s commitment to create a smoke-free generation, alongside the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
The National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) provides a full range of resources to support commissioners and providers of local stop smoking support. Local authorities can use updated guidance from the NCSCT, which includes steps for commissioning, delivering and monitoring effective evidence-based stop smoking services.
Methodology for allocations
We based the additional funding for each area on the proportion of smokers in England, in each local authority. This funding targets local authorities with the most smokers.
The funding allocations are based on the average smoking prevalence over a 3-year period between 2021 and 2023. This ensures that the allocations are based on the most recent and comprehensive data.
We divided the additional funding by the total number of smokers across England. This gives an approximate funding rate per smoker. We then multiplied this funding rate per smoker by the estimated number of smokers in each local authority, to give a total allocation.
Grant funding criteria
Local authorities will be required to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the additional funding. We will communicate detailed funding criteria to local authorities through the formal grant agreement process. The figures listed in the table below show the maximum amount of funding each area will be able to receive from the grant if they meet all the eligible criteria.
Smoking prevalence and confirmed funding allocations by local authority
The table below shows the confirmed new funding allocations by local authority. We will also communicate these confirmed funding allocations to local authorities through the formal grant agreement process.
| Local authority | Average 3-year smoking prevalence (2021 to 2023) | Estimated number of smokers (2023 populations) | Confirmed additional allocation for 2025 to 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 13.95% | 22,031 | £271,919 |
| Barnet | 9.28% | 28,108 | £346,923 |
| Barnsley | 15.95% | 31,481 | £388,548 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 10.75% | 17,565 | £216,795 |
| Bedford | 11.77% | 17,279 | £213,268 |
| Bexley | 11.21% | 21,642 | £267,120 |
| Birmingham | 14.76% | 129,379 | £1,596,854 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 17.18% | 20,115 | £248,275 |
| Blackpool | 20.01% | 22,824 | £281,710 |
| Bolton | 15.95% | 36,451 | £449,901 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 10.56% | 34,832 | £429,916 |
| Bracknell Forest | 13.06% | 13,025 | £160,757 |
| Bradford | 15.16% | 63,471 | £783,387 |
| Brent | 10.24% | 27,731 | £342,271 |
| Brighton and Hove | 13.98% | 32,566 | £401,942 |
| Bristol, City of | 14.65% | 57,384 | £708,256 |
| Bromley | 9.78% | 25,281 | £312,028 |
| Buckinghamshire | 10.74% | 47,176 | £582,273 |
| Bury | 11.19% | 16,958 | £209,301 |
| Calderdale | 11.71% | 19,177 | £236,697 |
| Cambridgeshire | 11.79% | 66,083 | £815,622 |
| Camden | 10.31% | 19,025 | £234,819 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 12.36% | 29,710 | £366,699 |
| Cheshire East | 9.78% | 32,363 | £399,439 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 9.35% | 27,507 | £339,502 |
| City of London | 12.40% | 1,590 | £19,621 |
| Cornwall | 11.54% | 54,546 | £673,234 |
| County Durham | 14.38% | 62,185 | £767,511 |
| Coventry | 14.20% | 39,789 | £491,093 |
| Croydon | 14.50% | 44,422 | £548,282 |
| Cumberland | 13.36% | 30,067 | £371,101 |
| Darlington | 9.99% | 8,806 | £108,687 |
| Derby | 14.41% | 29,735 | £366,999 |
| Derbyshire | 13.34% | 87,634 | £1,081,621 |
| Devon | 12.11% | 83,104 | £1,025,702 |
| Doncaster | 16.61% | 41,182 | £508,291 |
| Dorset | 10.03% | 31,959 | £394,455 |
| Dudley | 11.87% | 30,493 | £376,364 |
| Ealing | 16.42% | 48,281 | £595,912 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.94% | 31,486 | £388,619 |
| East Sussex | 12.74% | 57,585 | £710,734 |
| Enfield | 15.37% | 37,953 | £468,434 |
| Essex | 12.57% | 152,525 | £1,882,537 |
| Gateshead | 11.45% | 18,243 | £225,168 |
| Gloucestershire | 11.66% | 61,668 | £761,132 |
| Greenwich | 11.55% | 26,448 | £326,433 |
| Hackney | 12.02% | 25,105 | £309,851 |
| Halton | 13.69% | 13,976 | £172,493 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 10.30% | 15,900 | £196,246 |
| Hampshire | 10.18% | 116,349 | £1,436,031 |
| Haringey | 13.10% | 27,417 | £338,387 |
| Harrow | 10.56% | 21,515 | £265,548 |
| Hartlepool | 15.01% | 11,250 | £138,858 |
| Havering | 12.36% | 25,560 | £315,471 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 11.42% | 17,798 | £219,667 |
| Hertfordshire | 10.93% | 102,918 | £1,270,260 |
| Hillingdon | 10.30% | 25,208 | £311,123 |
| Hounslow | 13.78% | 31,399 | £387,540 |
| Isle of Wight | 10.89% | 12,796 | £157,931 |
| Isles of Scilly | 12.40% | 231 | £2,854 |
| Islington | 9.70% | 17,944 | £221,470 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 12.08% | 15,044 | £185,685 |
| Kent | 12.15% | 153,274 | £1,891,779 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 19.56% | 41,245 | £509,070 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 8.08% | 10,823 | £133,578 |
| Kirklees | 13.18% | 45,263 | £558,651 |
| Knowsley | 13.51% | 16,757 | £206,828 |
| Lambeth | 12.20% | 32,151 | £396,825 |
| Lancashire | 13.41% | 135,998 | £1,678,549 |
| Leeds | 11.89% | 77,941 | £961,984 |
| Leicester | 13.51% | 39,325 | £485,361 |
| Leicestershire | 9.99% | 58,807 | £725,819 |
| Lewisham | 12.69% | 30,016 | £370,469 |
| Lincolnshire | 14.54% | 92,379 | £1,140,181 |
| Liverpool | 15.88% | 64,763 | £799,338 |
| Luton | 16.58% | 28,324 | £349,592 |
| Manchester | 15.37% | 69,198 | £854,071 |
| Medway | 12.03% | 26,487 | £326,913 |
| Merton | 14.15% | 23,795 | £293,686 |
| Middlesbrough | 17.66% | 20,818 | £256,940 |
| Milton Keynes | 12.21% | 27,539 | £339,893 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 12.86% | 32,387 | £399,738 |
| Newham | 12.58% | 35,119 | £433,457 |
| Norfolk | 13.70% | 104,427 | £1,288,882 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 18.24% | 22,818 | £281,626 |
| North Lincolnshire | 14.91% | 20,239 | £249,805 |
| North Northamptonshire | 15.21% | 43,622 | £538,401 |
| North Somerset | 10.76% | 19,082 | £235,525 |
| North Tyneside | 12.47% | 21,158 | £261,146 |
| North Yorkshire Council | 10.15% | 52,088 | £642,891 |
| Northumberland | 9.88% | 26,494 | £326,996 |
| Nottingham | 18.66% | 48,857 | £603,018 |
| Nottinghamshire | 11.94% | 80,671 | £995,681 |
| Oldham | 13.97% | 25,586 | £315,789 |
| Oxfordshire | 10.54% | 63,029 | £777,929 |
| Peterborough | 13.12% | 21,460 | £264,867 |
| Plymouth | 15.57% | 33,777 | £416,897 |
| Portsmouth | 12.75% | 21,422 | £264,399 |
| Reading | 14.01% | 19,649 | £242,522 |
| Redbridge | 10.08% | 23,809 | £293,861 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 13.32% | 14,714 | £181,610 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 6.63% | 10,051 | £124,056 |
| Rochdale | 14.64% | 25,383 | £313,293 |
| Rotherham | 15.15% | 32,294 | £398,587 |
| Rutland | 8.92% | 2,915 | £35,981 |
| Salford | 14.81% | 32,976 | £407,009 |
| Sandwell | 18.93% | 49,356 | £609,174 |
| Sefton | 9.23% | 21,117 | £260,634 |
| Sheffield | 11.87% | 54,485 | £672,473 |
| Shropshire | 11.52% | 31,102 | £383,869 |
| Slough | 12.69% | 14,705 | £181,490 |
| Solihull | 10.02% | 17,056 | £210,508 |
| Somerset | 12.60% | 59,179 | £730,409 |
| South Gloucestershire | 11.02% | 26,251 | £324,005 |
| South Tyneside | 14.74% | 17,569 | £216,843 |
| Southampton | 13.28% | 27,313 | £337,105 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 12.48% | 17,919 | £221,162 |
| Southwark | 12.39% | 32,094 | £396,115 |
| St. Helens | 11.51% | 17,136 | £211,503 |
| Staffordshire | 8.85% | 64,199 | £792,367 |
| Stockport | 11.68% | 27,503 | £339,448 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 10.86% | 17,189 | £212,151 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 15.23% | 30,925 | £381,688 |
| Suffolk | 12.56% | 78,616 | £970,308 |
| Sunderland | 13.58% | 30,622 | £377,956 |
| Surrey | 8.99% | 86,542 | £1,068,144 |
| Sutton | 8.57% | 13,808 | £170,424 |
| Swindon | 10.55% | 19,555 | £241,361 |
| Tameside | 18.42% | 33,642 | £415,220 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 14.93% | 22,220 | £274,254 |
| Thurrock | 14.59% | 19,383 | £239,230 |
| Torbay | 16.40% | 18,790 | £231,913 |
| Tower Hamlets | 12.05% | 31,993 | £394,878 |
| Trafford | 9.55% | 17,335 | £213,957 |
| Wakefield | 13.64% | 39,003 | £481,394 |
| Walsall | 14.21% | 31,074 | £383,530 |
| Waltham Forest | 9.09% | 19,434 | £239,866 |
| Wandsworth | 9.69% | 26,460 | £326,575 |
| Warrington | 9.58% | 16,112 | £198,859 |
| Warwickshire | 12.97% | 63,857 | £788,151 |
| West Berkshire | 11.48% | 14,695 | £181,377 |
| West Northamptonshire | 12.54% | 42,561 | £525,312 |
| West Sussex | 12.80% | 92,421 | £1,140,707 |
| Westminster | 12.64% | 22,919 | £282,879 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 11.19% | 21,178 | £261,392 |
| Wigan | 13.29% | 35,704 | £440,679 |
| Wiltshire | 10.81% | 44,820 | £553,185 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 9.91% | 11,984 | £147,906 |
| Wirral | 11.04% | 28,584 | £352,803 |
| Wokingham | 5.86% | 8,230 | £101,584 |
| Wolverhampton | 14.46% | 29,931 | £369,416 |
| Worcestershire | 12.49% | 61,775 | £762,450 |
| York | 8.67% | 14,931 | £184,284 |