Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 92093 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what determination was made to assess the proportionality and fairness of the 4% impairment fee applied under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 1 Dec 2025
The impairment provision is based on the bad debt experience of Defra with charging schemes that are most similar to pEPR, whilst taking into consideration the large values of some of our Notice of Liabilities.