Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18437

Packaging: Recycling

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 21 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of the impact on businesses.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The October 2024 impact assessment remains the Government’s published assessment of the impacts of introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and was independently scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), which rated it...

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