Question follow-through · 13859

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on pubs.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on pubs.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government published an updated assessment in October 2024 of the impact of introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) when the regulations were laid before Parliament. The assessment considered impacts on packaging producers as...

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