Question follow-through · 88634
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 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.
13 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 we appointed UK DMO as the deposit management organisation for the schemes in England, Northern Ireland and ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Flood Control: Coastal Areas
14 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect coastal towns from flooding.
Trapping
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 on the number of glue traps.