Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 18435

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the number of businesses which have stopped trading due to the extended producer responsibility scheme.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The Department has not made an estimate of the number of businesses that have stopped trading due to the extended producer responsibility scheme. The Department for Business and Trade is committed to supporting businesses to start, invest, grow and export...

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