Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 108958

Packaging: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 27 January 2026

Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative — Chester South and Eddisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency arrangements have been put in place to allow PRN/PERN registration while the new system is unavailable.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The PRN/PERN market remains operational. Contracts, sales and payments for PRNs & PERNs remain outside the digital system and operators are able to enter into agreements to contract sales before the PRN/PERN digital functionality is in place. Under th...

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