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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered setting targets or introducing other measures to extend the average lifespan of smartphones in the UK and reduce the environmental impacts associated with their premature replacement.

The Government has introduced repairability requirements and minimum software-support periods for specified products, such as electronic displays, fridges and dishwashers. Similar requirements for other products will be considered over time.

Repair and reuse are fundamental tenets of a circular economy. We established a Circular Economy Task Force to co-design our approach and will outline our next steps shortly.