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	date	22/10/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
	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 estimate she has made of the potential annual (a) costs and (b) savings accruing to local authority finances of a deposit return scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	3806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is expected to increase recycling and reduce littering of the drinks containers in-scope. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction associated with this is 2.9 metric tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub>e over the ten-year appraisal period. The Net Present Value of a DRS for drinks containers is estimated in the initial impact assessment to be more than £2 billion over the appraisal period for the ‘all-in’ option, and £250 million for the ‘on-the-go’ option. We will continue to refine our analysis of the costs and benefits as we receive more evidence and develop further policy options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/10/2019 10:23:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1151528

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
	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 she had made of the implications for her policies of the Impact Assessment entitled, Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme on beverage containers, published on 15 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	3810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>We published an <a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environment/introducing-a-deposit-return-scheme/supporting_documents/depositreturnconsultia.pdf" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> that detailed the costs and savings to local authority finances, including possible reduction in litter cleaning costs and loss of material revenues. However, under the reformed packaging producer responsibility system, packaging producers will be responsible for the costs of dealing with the packaging waste they produce, so the identified kerbside costs and benefits are expected to fall to packaging producers, rather than placing a burden on local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also committed to funding any additional net costs that the new policies will bring to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to refine our analysis of the costs and benefits as we receive more evidence and as we develop further policy options.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/10/2019 10:10:18 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin