Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79890

Deposit Return Schemes

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Sir Ashley Fox

ConservativeBridgwater

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of operating different deposit return scheme frameworks in different parts of the UK on costs for (a) producers and (b) retailers

Answer

Mary Creagh
A new organisation called UK Deposit Management Organisation Ltd (UK DMO) will run the scheme. It’s a not-for-profit group, led by businesses. They were officially appointed in May 2025 (England & NI) and June 2025 (Scotland).The Deposit Return Scheme...

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