Deposit Return Schemes: VAT
Commons · Question 78073 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Sammy Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to unredeemed deposits within the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) inflation and (b) consume
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 17 Oct 2025
HM Treasury, as the lead department, and HM Revenue & Customs are continuing to consider the best way of accounting for VAT on DRS deposits and will set out further detail in due course. The Government is committed to ensuring that the DRS operate eff...