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Deposit Return Schemes: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Deposit Return Scheme on small retailers in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Feb 2026
Target answer date
3 Mar 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Deposit Return Scheme on small retailers in rural areas.

  2. 3 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Defra published the Final Impact Assessment on DRS, including its assessment of impact on retailers, for England and Northern Ireland in 2024. This can be found at: The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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