Annex A: grant determination 2024 to 2025 (accessible)
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Offensive Weapons Act 2019 – Trading Standards costs for sales and delivery provisions relating to corrosive products
Grant Determination 2024/25: No 31/7515
The Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention within the Home Office (“the Minister of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1. This determination may be cited as the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 – Trading Standards costs Grant Determination 2024/25 [31/7515].
Purpose of the grant
2. The purpose of this grant is to meet the new burdens imposed on Local Authority Trading Standards Authorities in England and Wales as the enforcing agencies for the sales and delivery provisions within the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. The Act introduced prohibitions on the sale and delivery of corrosive products to under-18s, prohibitions on the delivery of corrosive products to residential premises and lockers and prohibitions on the delivery of corrosive products to under-18s on UK delivery companies in relation to overseas sales. These measures were commenced in April 2022.
3. The grant is to meet the costs of the statutory obligations that have been placed on Trading Standards as the enforcement agency for these legislative measures and which they have embedded into their day-to-day activities. This includes awareness raising and compliance visits, conducting regular test purchasing operations and follow-up actions, investigations and prosecutions of retailers and delivery companies who fail any test purchasing operations.
Determination
4. The Minister of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and amounts which are set out in Annex A.
UK Government Branding
5. The Grant Recipient shall at all times during and following the end of the Funding Period:
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comply with requirements of the Branding Manual in relation to the Funded Activities; and
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cease use of the Funded by UK Government logo on demand if directed to do so by the Authority.
6. “Branding Manual” means the HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ‘Funded by UK Government branding manual’ first published by the Cabinet Office in November 2022 and is available at https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/marketing/branding-guidelines/ including any subsequent updates from time to time.
Treasury consent
7. Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England and Wales, the Minister of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.
Signed by authority of the Minister of State for the Home Office.
Deputy Director, Home Office
Annex A: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 – Trading Standards costs allocations to local authorities 2024/25
England
| Local authority | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Barnet London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Bath & North East Somerset Council | £10,404 |
| Bedford Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Bexley London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Birmingham City Council | £10,404 |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Blackpool Council | £10,404 |
| Bolton Council | £10,404 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £10,404 |
| Bracknell Forest Council | £10,404 |
| Bradford City of Metropolitan District Council | £10,404 |
| Brent Council | £10,404 |
| Brighton & Hove City Council | £10,404 |
| Bristol City Council | £10,404 |
| Bromley Council | £10,404 |
| Buckinghamshire Council | £10,404 |
| Bury Council | £10,404 |
| Calderdale Council | £10,404 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Camden London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | £10,404 |
| Cheshire East Council | £10,404 |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | £10,404 |
| City of London Corporation | £10,404 |
| Cornwall County Council | £10,404 |
| Coventry City Council | £10,404 |
| Croydon London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Cumberland Council | £10,404 |
| Darlington Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Derby City Council | £10,404 |
| Derbyshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Devon County Council | £10,404 |
| Doncaster City of Council | £10,404 |
| Dorset Council | £10,404 |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Durham County Council | £10,404 |
| Ealing Council | £10,404 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £10,404 |
| East Sussex County Council | £10,404 |
| Enfield Council | £10,404 |
| Essex County Council | £10,404 |
| Gateshead Council | £10,404 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | £10,404 |
| Greenwich Royal Borough | £10,404 |
| Hackney London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Halton Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Hampshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Haringey Council | £10,404 |
| Harrow Council | £10,404 |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Havering London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Herefordshire Council | £10,404 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Hillingdon London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Hounslow London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Hull City Council | £10,404 |
| Isle of Wight Council | £10,404 |
| Islington Council | £10,404 |
| Kensington & Chelsea Royal Borough | £10,404 |
| Kent County Council | £10,404 |
| Kingston-upon- Thames Royal Borough | £10,404 |
| Kirklees Council | £10,404 |
| Knowsley Council | £10,404 |
| Lambeth Council | £10,404 |
| Lancashire County Council | £10,404 |
| Leicester City Council | £10,404 |
| Leicestershire County Council | £10,404 |
| Leeds City Council | £10,404 |
| Lewisham Council | £10,404 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Liverpool City Council | £10,404 |
| Luton Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Manchester City Council | £10,404 |
| Medway Council | £10,404 |
| Merton London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Middlesbrough Council | £10,404 |
| Milton Keynes City Council | £10,404 |
| Newcastle City Council | £10,404 |
| Newham London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Norfolk County Council | £10,404 |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | £10,404 |
| North Lincolnshire Council | £10,404 |
| North Northamptonshire Council | £10,404 |
| North Somerset Council | £10,404 |
| North Tyneside Council | £10,404 |
| North Yorkshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Northumberland County Council | £10,404 |
| Nottingham City Council | £10,404 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Oldham Council | £10,404 |
| Oxfordshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Peterborough City Council | £10,404 |
| Plymouth City Council | £10,404 |
| Portsmouth City Council | £10,404 |
| Reading Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Redbridge London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Rochdale Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Salford City Council | £10,404 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Sefton Council | £10,404 |
| Sheffield City Council | £10,404 |
| Shropshire Council | £10,404 |
| Slough Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Somerset County Council | £10,404 |
| South Gloucestershire Council | £10,404 |
| South Tyneside Council | £10,404 |
| Southampton City Council | £10,404 |
| Southend-on-Sea City Council | £10,404 |
| Southwark Council | £10,404 |
| St Helens Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Staffordshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Stockport Council | £10,404 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £10,404 |
| Suffolk County Council | £10,404 |
| Sunderland City Council | £10,404 |
| Surrey County Council | £10,404 |
| Sutton Council | £10,404 |
| Swindon Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | £10,404 |
| Thurrock Council | £10,404 |
| Torbay Council | £10,404 |
| Tower Hamlets Council | £10,404 |
| Trafford Council | £10,404 |
| Wakefield Council | £10,404 |
| Walsall Council | £10,404 |
| Waltham Forest Council | £10,404 |
| Wandsworth Council | £10,404 |
| Warrington Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Warwickshire County Council | £10,404 |
| West Berkshire Council | £10,404 |
| West Northamptonshire Council | £10,404 |
| West Sussex County Council | £10,404 |
| Westminster City Council | £10,404 |
| Westmorland & Furness Council | £10,404 |
| Wigan Council | £10,404 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead Royal Borough | £10,404 |
| Wiltshire Council | £10,404 |
| Wirral Council | £10,404 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Wolverhampton City Council | £10,404 |
| Worcestershire County Council | £10,404 |
| York City of Council | £10,404 |
Total: £1,571,004
Wales
| Local authority | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Isle of Anglesey County Council | £10,404 |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Cardiff Council | £10,404 |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Ceredigion County Council | £10,404 |
| Conwy County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Denbighshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Flintshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Gwynedd Council | £10,404 |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Monmouthshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Neath Port Talbot Council | £10,404 |
| Newport City Council | £10,404 |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | £10,404 |
| Powys County Council | £10,404 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Swansea Council | £10,404 |
| Torfaen County Borough Council | £10,404 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £10,404 |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | £10,404 |
Total: £228,888
Total for England and Wales: £1,799,892