Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating a greater proportion of the revenue generated from the plastic packaging tax to recycling and collection infrastructure in advance of the implementation of (a) deposit return schemes and (b) extended producer responsibility reforms in 2025 and beyond.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As set out at Budget 2018 when the tax was first announced, future revenues raised from the Plastic Packaging Tax and the Packaging Producer Responsibility reforms will enable investment to address single-use plastics, waste and litter. Some businesses have already started reformulating their packaging to include recycled content in response to the tax, with many signing up to the UK Plastics Pact which has a target of 30% average recycled content by 2025.
Since March 2021, the Government has committed a total of £30 billion for the green industrial revolution in the UK, including more than £300m capital funding at the 2021 Spending Review to implement free, separate food waste collections in every English local authority from 2025.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answers of 21 April 2022 to Questions 153692, 153693 and 153694 on Plastics: taxation, how much and what proportion of the £30 billion committed by the Government to the green industrial revolution is (a) funded by and (b) planned to be funded by revenue generated from the plastic packaging tax; and whether funding allocated for tackling (i) single-use plastics, (ii) waste and (iii) litter has changed since the introduction of that tax.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As set out at Budget 2018 when the tax was first announced, future revenues raised from the Plastic Packaging Tax and the Packaging Producer Responsibility reforms will enable investment to address single-use plastics, waste and litter. Some businesses have already started reformulating their packaging to include recycled content in response to the tax, with many signing up to the UK Plastics Pact which has a target of 30% average recycled content by 2025.
Since March 2021, the Government has committed a total of £30 billion for the green industrial revolution in the UK, including more than £300m capital funding at the 2021 Spending Review to implement free, separate food waste collections in every English local authority from 2025.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answers of 21 April 2022 to Questions 153692, 153693 and 153694 on Plastics: taxation, how much and what proportion of the £30 billion committed by the Government to the green industrial revolution has been allocated to tackling (a) single-use plastics, (b) waste and (c) litter.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As set out at Budget 2018 when the tax was first announced, future revenues raised from the Plastic Packaging Tax and the Packaging Producer Responsibility reforms will enable investment to address single-use plastics, waste and litter. Some businesses have already started reformulating their packaging to include recycled content in response to the tax, with many signing up to the UK Plastics Pact which has a target of 30% average recycled content by 2025.
Since March 2021, the Government has committed a total of £30 billion for the green industrial revolution in the UK, including more than £300m capital funding at the 2021 Spending Review to implement free, separate food waste collections in every English local authority from 2025.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.57 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, how much and what proportion of the revenues of the plastic packaging tax have been allocated for tackling single-use plastics, waste and litter.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review confirmed that since March 2021 the government will have committed a total of £30 billion of public investment for the green industrial revolution in the UK.
Alongside the Plastic Packaging Tax, the government is introducing measures including a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme and Consistent Recycling Collections. These measures will work hand-in-hand to tackle plastic waste and litter.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget 2020 Policy Costings, which predicted £240 million to be raised by the plastic packaging tax in 2022-23, and paragraph 3.57 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what proportion of that revenue has been allocated for tackling single-use plastics, waste and litter.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review confirmed that since March 2021 the government will have committed a total of £30 billion of public investment for the green industrial revolution in the UK.
Alongside the Plastic Packaging Tax, the government is introducing measures including a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme and Consistent Recycling Collections. These measures will work hand-in-hand to tackle plastic waste and litter.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget 2020 Policy Costings and the £695 million predicted to be raised by the plastic packaging tax between 2022-23 and 2024-25, how much and what proportion of that revenue the Government plans to allocate to tackling single-use plastics, waste and litter before system wide changes are delivered through deposit return schemes and extended producer responsibility reforms in 2025 and beyond.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review confirmed that since March 2021 the government will have committed a total of £30 billion of public investment for the green industrial revolution in the UK.
Alongside the Plastic Packaging Tax, the government is introducing measures including a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers, an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme and Consistent Recycling Collections. These measures will work hand-in-hand to tackle plastic waste and litter.
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and including 28 February; and on which platforms that money was spent.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
For details on HM Treasury social media spend please see the following transparency data.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend
Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on ministerial social media accounts since January 2020.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Departmental resources are used to produce communications products, including social media videos and graphics, which are distributed through a range of channels, primarily HM Treasury accounts. Ministers may also include these materials on their own social media channels; however, HM Treasury has spent no funds producing social media videos and graphics exclusively for ministerial social media accounts in this time period.Asked by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are managing ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or (b) as part of their role.
Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
No HM Treasury employees are responsible for managing ministerial social media accounts.