Question follow-through · 108338
Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the plastic bag levy at lowering use; and whether she plans to introduce further measures to reduce the use of single-us
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 2 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the plastic bag levy at lowering use; and whether she plans to introduce further measures to reduce the use of single-us
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government’s assessment is that the single-use carrier bag charge has been highly effective in reducing the use of single-use plastic bags in England. Since the charge was introduced in 2015, sales of single-use plastic carrier bags sold by the main s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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