Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 126893
Electric Vehicles: Batteries
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 16 April 2026
Named DayQuestion
Steff Aquarone
Liberal Democrat — North 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 CreaghDefra 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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