Packaging: Recycling
Commons · Question 92095 · 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, whether she has made an assessment of the risk of applying a 4% impairment fee on EPR on future impairment rates as a result of additional pressure on business finances.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 1 Dec 2025
Incorporating impairment provisions for bad debt in a cost recovery scheme is an expected consideration of Government, as detailed in Managing Public Money guidelines, and is common practice when setting fees. Whilst Notice of Liabilities issued under the...