Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of plastics consumed in the UK which are manufactured in the UK.

We estimate that between 30% to 55% of plastics consumed in the UK are produced in the UK. This range depends on whether plastic imports to the UK are consumed domestically or are re-exported, however the Department does not hold this exact data.