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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the enforcement actions undertaken by local authorities against the illegal sale of (a) plastic straws, (b) drink stirrers and (c) plastic-stemmed cotton buds since October 2020.

No information is held on the illegal sale of these items. The responsibility for enforcement lies with Trading Standards and Local Authorities.