Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 44944
Recycling: Economic Growth
Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Mr Toby Perkins
Labour — Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed fee structure for the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on economic growth.
Answer
Mary CreaghIn October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector.