Written Question·Treasury·UIN 100304
Plastic Packaging Tax
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Conservative — Wetherby and Easingwold
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the scope of the Plastics Packaging Tax to exempt EN 13432–certified compostable materials; and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of including compostable materials within the
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe Government keeps all taxes under review as part of the policymaking process. The Plastic Packaging Tax provides a price incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in the manufacture of plastic packaging.