Written questions

Packaging: Recycling

Commons · Question 92221 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the impairment fee on financial pressures on the British brewing sector.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 27 Nov 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. Additionally, Managing Public Money guidelines ...