Question follow-through · 88086
Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme in 2027.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress she has made on the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme in 2027.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers will launch in October 2027 across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Earlier this year UK DMO were appointed as the deposit management organisation for the schemes in England, Northern Ireland an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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