Packaging: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 108958 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Aphra Brandreth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency arrangements have been put in place to allow PRN/PERN registration while the new system is unavailable.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 3 Feb 2026
The PRN/PERN market remains operational. Contracts, sales and payments for PRNs & PERNs remain outside the digital system and operators are able to enter into agreements to contract sales before the PRN/PERN digital functionality is in place. Under th...