Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 126893

Electric Vehicles: Batteries

Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 16 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Steff Aquarone

Liberal DemocratNorth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the UK’s capacity to (a) process and (b) recycle electric vehicle batteries over the next 20 years.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has not formally made this estimate, however as part of the department’s ongoing review of the UK batteries regulations we are considering waste electric vehicle battery arisings and the capacity that will be required to process them.Under current r...

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