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1665283

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Waste Management
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 her planned timescale is for publishing the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap; and if she will make an assessment of the level of existing waste infrastructure required to meet the Government's target to halve residual waste by 2042.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The first element of the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap will be published before the end of this year and will set out anticipated waste arisings to 2035, reflecting Defra’s Collection and Packaging Reforms (Simpler Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging and a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers), mapping this modelling against known waste management infrastructure for various waste streams, including organic wastes, dry recyclables (paper/card, glass, textiles, metals, and plastics) and residual waste.</p><p>Once published, the intention of the first element of the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap is to provide a signal to investors as to where there is considered to be a likely over or under-provision of waste management capacity so as to target investment. The first element of the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap will not detail where or how investment should be made but is meant to be a tool to support investors and local authorities in decision making.</p><p>Those looking to invest in waste management infrastructure are encouraged to engage with the UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/10/2023 14:00:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665284

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Plastics: Sales
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 information her Department holds on the enforcement actions undertaken by local authorities against the illegal sale of (a) plastic straws, (b) drink stirrers and (c) plastic-stemmed cotton buds since October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>No information is held on the illegal sale of these items. The responsibility for enforcement lies with Trading Standards and Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/10/2023 11:31:35 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665471

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue was generated by the Plastic Packaging Tax in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is available in the HM Revenue and Customs publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/plastic-packaging-tax-ppt-statistics" target="_blank">Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) Statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please refer to Table 1 &amp; 2 of the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) statistics tables in this publication.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:54 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665472

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Plastic Packaging Tax in raising the volume of recycled plastic used in packaging materials.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 to encourage businesses to include more recycled plastic in packaging. This will increase demand for recycled plastic, which will stimulate increased levels of recycling and collection of plastic waste.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2023 the government announced it will evaluate the Plastic Packaging Tax, using analysis of environmental and tax data to assess the impact of the measure.</p><p> </p><p>Further information will be available in the evaluation plan, which will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:41:00 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665506

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Royal Society of Chemistry on the assessment and monitoring of indoor air quality.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	203122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. There is ongoing collaborative work across Government on both indoor and outdoor air quality.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/10/2023 09:52:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665051

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 her Department has made of the comparative lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per litre of container from (a) virgin glass bottles, (b) recycled glass bottles, (c) refillable glass bottles, (d) plastic, (e) recycled plastic, (f) refillable plastic, (g) virgin aluminium cans, (h) recycled aluminium cans (i) cartons and (j) other packaging.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not estimated nor undertaken a comparative analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions of the different packaging types mentioned over their lifecycles.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/10/2023 11:44:44 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665053

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Bottles: 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, whether glass bottles will be included in her Department's proposed Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>Glass drinks bottles will not be captured by the Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland. The scheme will include polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, steel and aluminium cans.</p><p> </p><p>Instead, glass drinks bottles will be within the scope of the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) alongside other types of glass packaging. EPR will place recycling targets on producers in relation to glass packaging and require relevant obligated producers to cover the costs of collecting and managing glass packaging arising in household waste and discarded in street bins managed by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/10/2023 16:17:17 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665054

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Bottles: 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, for what reason a refillable glass bottle scheme was not included in her Department’s Waste Prevention Programme for England published July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>We want to encourage a shift away from hard to recycle and single-use products and packaging, and support research and innovation into more sustainable alternatives and systems, reducing litter and plastic pollution as well as conserving material resources.</p><p>The introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, as part of the Collection and Packaging reforms, will move the full cost of dealing with packaging waste generated by households from local taxpayers and councils to businesses that handle and use packaging (applying the ‘polluter-pays principle’). This will encourage businesses to think carefully about how much packaging they use, and to design and use packaging that is easily recyclable. It will also encourage use of refillable and reusable packaging.</p><p>Refill systems will have a significant role to play in driving down unnecessary waste, and we are working to identify 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 with the intention of introducing these in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/10/2023 16:13:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665055

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	Bottles: 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, if she will take steps with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations to agree a UK-wide approach to glass bottles in deposit return schemes.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>UK Government believe it is essential that all Deposit Return Schemes for drinks containers across the UK are interoperable.</p><p> </p><p>This includes having aligned materials in scope across the UK. The UK Government oppose inclusion of glass in DRS. The inclusion of glass would add cost and complexity to the schemes, particularly to hospitality and retail sectors, as well as adding consumer inconvenience. We received strong representations from relevant businesses, including distillers and the hospitality sector, about the impact on trade and in particular consumer choice created by permanently different arrangements on glass within the UK internal market.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure that the schemes operate seamlessly for businesses and consumers across the UK and do not create unnecessary barriers to trade. Defra is working closely with devolved administrations at pace on the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/10/2023 11:20:45 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1665056

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
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	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 waste hierarchy set out in section 12 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, what recent estimate her Department has made of the volume of waste material which are capable of being (a) kept in use for longer, (b) reused, (c) repaired and reused, (d) recycled into a new product or use, (e) used to produce fuel, heat or power, (f) incinerated without energy recovery and (g) sent to landfill in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	202749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not hold estimates or collect this data at a whole economy level, nor does it have data relating to the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Some research has been conducted on specific sectors. For instance, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimated in 2012 that 32% of bulky waste taken to household waste recycling centres could be suitable for reuse. WRAP also estimated that up to 25% of electricals which are discarded by householders could be either repaired or reused.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to (d) recycled into a new product or use, the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1120055%2Fresources-and-waste-strategy-monitoring-progress-third-edition.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCaroline.Tuck%40defra.gov.uk%7C727e98cc000643465ae008dbcefab766%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638331348428608741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kmb2h5numGXTaQqp7gqxnmx7UyBxacfWb9bmMLoDp0o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">resources and waste strategy monitoring progress report</a> contains an estimate based on 2017 data from WRAP that 53% of residual waste from household sources consisted of readily recyclable materials, with only 8% being completely unavoidable. Furthermore, of residual plastic waste from household sources, 25% consisted of readily recyclable plastics and a further 31% could be potentially recyclable with technologies in development.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to residual waste (e) to (g), we have not made an assessment of capable use within the last 12 months. However, we publish <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results" target="_blank">annual statistics on local authority collected waste management</a> as well as <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data" target="_blank">UK statistics on waste</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 24/10/2023 10:28:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones