Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72869

Food: Small Businesses

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department has provided to small and medium-sized food producers to help manage the costs of the extended producer responsibility scheme.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to small and medium-sized food producers to manage costs under the extended producer responsibility for packaging scheme (pEPR). A de-minimis threshold exempts producers with turnover below £2...

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