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...