Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41144

Recycling: Public Houses

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on trends in the levels of pub closures; and what steps his Department is taking to support

Answer

Mary Creagh
In 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. The Government has worked closely with industry,...

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