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.

This question was answered on 21st April 2022
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.