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1680969

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of higher modulated fees on the grounds of lower recyclability under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on businesses (a) using and (b) producing (i) natural cork products and (ii) other materials subject to higher fees.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	8842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Defra officials are currently collating the evidence received from an extended programme of stakeholder engagement on modulated fees which was carried out over the second half of 2023. This engagement has included consideration of cork and other natural products. The Government intends to seek further stakeholder input in this area, including to further assess business impact, before finalising any proposals. The final decisions on packaging materials with increased fees will be agreed and announced by the Scheme Administrator for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 8841 8843 question first answered 16/01/2024 16:44:53 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1680971

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, whether he has plans for (a) natural cork products and (b) products made from other natural materials to be moved to a lower fee level under that scheme when further criteria are introduced.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	8843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Defra officials are currently collating the evidence received from an extended programme of stakeholder engagement on modulated fees which was carried out over the second half of 2023. This engagement has included consideration of cork and other natural products. The Government intends to seek further stakeholder input in this area, including to further assess business impact, before finalising any proposals. The final decisions on packaging materials with increased fees will be agreed and announced by the Scheme Administrator for the UK Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 8841 8842 question first answered 16/01/2024 16:44:53 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1679449

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking through Simpler Recycling to help ensure that collected packaging waste is recycled.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	7834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>Through Simpler Recycling, all household and non-household premises (such as businesses, schools and hospitals) across England will be able to recycle the same materials in the following core groups: metal; glass; plastic: paper and card; food waste; garden waste (household only). By making recycling clearer and easier, we will help reduce contamination, better preserve material value and help to grow demand for recyclables.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, local authorities will receive payments for managing recyclable packaging waste, supporting costs associated with upgrading services and sorting infrastructure and incentivising them to deliver efficient and effective services. Under EPR, higher fees can be charged to producers for packaging that is less recyclable, incentivising them to choose readily recyclable packaging.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/01/2024 15:43:39 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1679450

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the statutory guidance on Simpler Recycling in helping ensure collected packaging waste is recycled.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	7835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>As per new section 45A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the Secretary of State may issue guidance about the duties imposed in sections 45 to 45AZD. We have consulted relevant parties on the proposed statutory guidance and will publish a consultation response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 16/01/2024 15:39:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1674595

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will undertake an impact assessment of the cumulative impact of extended producer responsibility, the Deposit Return Scheme, and the Packaging Recovery Note system on the brewing and hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>Final Impact Assessments will be published for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to allow us to update the analysis to accurately reflect the January 2023 government response, and for extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR). These impact assessments will assess the impact on businesses which includes these sectors.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:48:36 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674596

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has created a final programme-wide business case for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the Consistent Collections Project, and the Deposit Return Scheme for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>This is in progress. The Collection and Packaging Reforms Programme Business Case (PBC) is being prepared for Defra Investment Committee consideration early in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 19/12/2023 14:05:54 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674597

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish detailed delivery plans for (a) Extended Producer Responsibility, (b) Consistent Collections, and (c) the Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>An updated, outward facing roadmap for these reforms will be shared with impacted stakeholders early next year. This sits alongside a comprehensive stakeholder communications and engagement approach which includes monthly delivery forums and a fortnightly newsletter to ensure access to detailed delivery information.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:42:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674599

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to identify measures that could be used to encourage greater use of (a) refillable and (b) reusable packaging.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We are working with WRAP to identify and analyse measures that could be used to encourage greater use of refillable and reuseable packaging. We remain committed to introducing refill/reuse obligations and will bring forward our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 11/12/2023 16:31:50 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1669572

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cumulative impact on businesses and consumers of the planned implementation of (a) a deposit return scheme, (b) an extended producer responsibility scheme and (c) other changes to packaging recovery notes.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	1713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>A cumulative assessment of the impact of the Collection and Packaging Reforms was published in 2021 at consultation stage: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/consistency-in-household-and-business-recycling/supporting_documents/Collection%20and%20packaging%20reforms%20summary%20of%20impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/consistency-in-household-and-business-recycling/supporting_documents/Collection%20and%20packaging%20reforms%20summary%20of%20impacts.pdf .</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/11/2023 13:28:04 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1669573

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the planned implementation of (a) a deposit return scheme, (b) an extended producer responsibility scheme and (c) other changes to packaging recovery notes on food and drink businesses.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	1714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Defra has published regulatory impact assessments of the impact of the Collection and Packaging Reforms, including the impact on business and consumers.</p><p> </p><p>For the DRS, the 2021 consultation stage impact assessment can be found at: <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/consultation-on-introducing-a-drs/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment.pdf</a>. A final impact assessment will be published alongside the regulations.</p><p> </p><p>For Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, the most recent assessment can be found in the 2022 final stage impact assessment: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1063588%2Fepr-final-impact-assessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C05da8497947d483d7fc408dbe5e63c1e%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638356549229893322%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F8GtApMAUIvGoMI81cWsEaIlJB1IhTnX1mv%2BuJ1PkMk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1063588/epr-final-impact-assessment.pdf</a>. An updated impact assessment will be published alongside the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 21/11/2023 12:45:41 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones