Will Forster MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Packaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming amendment to the pEPR statutory instrument on businesses.
Answer: Defra is assessing the potential impact of forthcoming amendments to the packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) regulations. The amendments are intended to improve the operation of the scheme, including by clarifying aspects of producer obligat...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to exceed them.
Answer: Packaging waste recycling targets, met by businesses through their recycling obligations, were set whilst taking account of the expected effects of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) alongside other recycling reforms, including Simpler ...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of the impact on businesses.
Answer: The October 2024 impact assessment remains the Government’s published assessment of the impacts of introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and was independently scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), which rated it...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the hospitality sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a
Answer: The Government published an updated assessment in October 2024 of the impact of introducing packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) on packaging producers as a whole. That assessment did not provide a separate assessment of impacts on the hospit...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGlass: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the cost of expanding bring banks for glass recycling.
Answer: Simpler Recycling requires local authorities in England to collect core recyclable waste streams from households, including glass. In our guidance we set an expectation that households should receive an equivalent collection service for recycling as they ...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish the data and results of the Extended Producer Responsibility pilot projects.
Answer: As scheme administrator for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility, PackUK will conduct annual local authority effectiveness assessments on behalf of the four nations from 2028. Following this assessment, a local authority may be subject to an Improve...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of the cost of Extended Producer Responsibility in the (a) United Kingdom and (b) European Union.
Answer: Defra has considered the design of similar schemes in European countries as Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging has been developed in the UK. However, direct cost comparisons of schemes in different countries can be misleading because schemes d...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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