Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 65700
Deposit Return Schemes
Tabled: 8 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Dan Norris
Independent — North East Somerset and Hanham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) job creation and (b) other economic developments.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Final Impact Assessment, published in November 2025, considers the impacts of a DRS on all sectors of society - this includes costs and benefits, and any wider impacts identified. There are external studies that look at the number of jobs created by D...
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