Written questions

Small Businesses: Business Rates

2026-06-07 · Treasury · 7469 · Official question

Neil Coyle

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered reducing taxation such as business rates for small businesses liable for Extended Producer Responsibility.

Answer

The Government believes it is right that the costs of dealing with household packaging waste are moved away from taxpayers and onto the businesses that place packaging on the market. The Government has designed the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) s...