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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in relation to the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, (a) if it remains her policy to implement this scheme in 2024, (b) what progress her Department has made on the design and set up of an Administrator for that scheme and (c) what discussions she has had on that scheme with her counterparts in the devolved administrations.

We remain committed to implementing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) in a phased manner from 2024. As set out in the pEPR Government response, the Scheme Administrator will be hosted in the public sector and will be appointed in 2023. The design and set-up of the Scheme Administrator are currently being developed in close collaboration with packaging producers. HM Government is working closely with the Devolved Administrations to deliver pEPR across the UK.