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Question follow-through · 9454

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities are meeting their responsibility to collect household and food waste separately under Simpler Recycling.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
12 Jun 2026
Target answer date
17 Jun 2026
Answer
17 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities are meeting their responsibility to collect household and food waste separately under Simpler Recycling.

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    We are encouraged by recent data provided by our partners Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to see that most councils in England (excluding those granted transitional arrangements for food waste collections) are either already compliant with S...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Water: Safety Measures

15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve safety measures at (a) coastal piers and (b) other locations identified as presenting a heightened drowning risk.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Recycling

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the written answer of 17 June 2026 to question 9454, if she will publish a list of councils that are compliant and those which are not.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fly-tipping: Enforcement

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of regional variations in the investigation and enforcement of fly-tipping offences by local authorities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fly-tipping: Enforcement

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of guidance issued to local authorities on the seizure and disposal of vehicles used in fly-tipping offences.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fly-tipping: Expenditure

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been provided to local authorities in England to prevent and tackle fly-tipping in each year since 2020.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Forests: Regulation

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her written statement of 23 June 2026 on The UK’s Approach to Deforestation Regulations, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed due dili

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Forests: Commodities

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 June 2026 on The UK’s Approach to Deforestation Regulations, HCWS 137, which forest-risk commodities will be included within t

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Forests: EU Law

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning due diligence requirements with the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Forests: Public Consultation

23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the consultation on the proposed deforestation policy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Recycling: Hospitality Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme in reflecting waste management arrangements in the hospitality sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Recycling: Social Enterprises

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on social enterprises that donate their profits to charitable causes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Nature Conservation

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of Government-owned land are covered by the Government Estate Nature Plan.