Question follow-through · 54509
Plastics and Metals: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the inclusion of (a) plastic containers and (b) metal cans in the extended producer responsibility scheme following the rollout of the deposit return scheme
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Food: Insects · 3 Jun 2025
- Recycling: Taxation · 3 Jun 2025
- Glass: Recycling · 3 Jun 2025
- Environment Agency: Staff · 3 Jun 2025
- WRAP: Finance · 3 Jun 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the inclusion of (a) plastic containers and (b) metal cans in the extended producer responsibility scheme following the rollout of the deposit return scheme
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government is not currently considering changes to the scope of pEPR or Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The DRS regulation sets out the requirement for the Government to conduct a post implementation review of the DRS to consider its effectiveness, costs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Food: Insects
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential role of insect protein in (a) animal and (b) human diets in the last ten years.
Recycling: Taxation
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Extended Producer Responsibility is a tax.
Glass: Recycling
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility measures in relation to glass on the cost of a (a) bottled beer and (b) pint of beer in a pub.
Environment Agency: Staff
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency staff worked on compliance with requirements for office workplace recycling in the most recent period for which data is available.
WRAP: Finance
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43345 on WRAP: Finance, if he will itemise the work programme for which WRAP received the grant in 2025-26.
WRAP: Finance
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43345 on WRAP: Finance, if he will provide the hyperlink to the grant agreement .
WRAP: Publications
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43334 on WRAP: Publications, what the (a) title and (b) date of publication is of each publication produced by the Waste and Resource
Domestic Waste: Recycling and Waste Disposal
3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43343 on Domestic Waste: Recycling and Waste Disposal, if he will publish that guidance.
Beverage Containers: Recycling
4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 53757 on Beverage Containers: Recycling, whether UK-based beverage manufacturers can accept used recyclable containers of (a) their ow
Environment Agency: Hello Lamp Post
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on the Hello Lamp Post community engagement project (a) since January 2024, (b) by financial year and (c) by delivery phase.
Environment Agency: Hello Lamp Post
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out the procurement mechanism used by the Environment Agency to award the contract for the Environment Agency Community Engagement Platform (National) 2024 to Hello Lamp
Dairy Products and Meat: School Meals
18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the requirement for schools to serve (a) meat and (b) dairy products to children.