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Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 72868 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is monitoring the potential impact of extended producer responsibility scheme costs on food and drink prices in the (a) on-trade and (b) off-trade market.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 10 Sep 2025

In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the packaging extended producer responsibility scheme (pEPR). The impact assessment sets out the estimated inflationary impact of pEPR on the UK economy as a whol...