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Packaging: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 92223 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

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Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the impairment fee under the extended producer responsibility scheme on future impairment costs.

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 26 Nov 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. It will be subject to regular review based o...