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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 32563, tabled on 21 February 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham
Labour
Truro and Falmouth
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether extended producer responsibility will apply to sales from January 2024 or from April 2025.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Labour
Coventry East
Commons

Answered on

27 February 2025

No, a producer will only be liable for pEPR fees during assessment years that run from the 1 April to 31 March, if they meet the regulations definitions of a Producer on the 1 April, or any part of that assessment year.

Only when a producer meets these definitions in all or any part of assessment year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 will they be liable for pEPR fees. Packaging placed on the market data provided by a producer in the previous calendar year (2024) will be used to determine their share of pEPR fees during the assessment year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

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