Written questions

Food: Small Businesses

Commons · Question 72869 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department has provided to small and medium-sized food producers to help manage the costs of the extended producer responsibility scheme.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 3 Sep 2025

The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to small and medium-sized food producers to manage costs under the extended producer responsibility for packaging scheme (pEPR). A de-minimis threshold exempts producers with turnover below £2...