Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses were received to his Department's call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling which closed on 20 November 2017.

The call for evidence on voluntary and economic incentives to reduce littering of drinks containers and promote recycling was held by the independent Voluntary and Economic Incentives Working Group.

The Working Group’s report summarising responses to its call for evidence and including its expert views has been published on the GOV.UK website. Annex B of this report states that there were 276 responses to the call for evidence. It also includes a breakdown of the number of responses by organisation and a list of respondents.