Question follow-through · 2598
Small Businesses: Plastic Packaging Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax on small and medium sized businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Plastic Packaging Tax on small and medium sized businesses.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
Plastic Packaging Tax was introduced in April 2022 under the previous government and provides an incentive for businesses to use recycled plastic in packaging, thereby supporting increased recycling and reducing plastic waste.The tax applies to businesses...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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