Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 108957

Packaging: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 2 February 2026

Question

Aphra Brandreth

ConservativeChester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she considered putting measures in place to ensure a new digital PRN system was in place prior to the closure of the previous system.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Risks to delivery of the new PRN/PERN system were assessed and a broad range of delivery options were considered. The previous system (the National Waste Packaging Database) does not have the capability to support delivery of new regulatory requirements w...

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