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Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of waste that will be recycled in each of the next five years.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of waste that will be recycled in each of the next five years.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    In 2022, the Waste from Households recycling rate in England was 43.4%. Figures for 2023/24 are provisionally scheduled for publication by January 2025. We have a long-term target to halve residual waste by 2042 and we are committed to achieving a municip...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the statutory target to halve residual waste on demand for UK waste incineration capacity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing UK waste incineration capacity in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the amount of waste sent for incineration; and what estimate he has made of the amount of waste expected to be incinerated in each of the next fiv

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Recycling

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the UK’s waste will be recycled in each of the next five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Waste Disposal

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list identified abandoned waste sites.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators

16 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the mix of waste sent for incineration since 2017 on the carbon emissions of each unit of electricity generated by inc

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Land

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data the Rural Payments Agency holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Land

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament and (B) local authority level.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farms: Valuation

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of farm holdings that are estimated to have a net value of (a) between £1,000,000 and £1,499,999, (b) between £1,500,000 and £1,999,

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Farms: Ownership

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the proportion of farm holdings that are owned by a single person or entity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

5 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Inheritance Tax announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 on levels of production of the five key crops by tonnage in the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Incinerators: Licensing

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds, published on 30 December 2024, whether