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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what are the current recycling rates in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Bosworth constituency; and if she will make a comparative assessment of recycling rates in Leicestershire and other counties.

The UK harmonised recycling rate for local authority collected ‘waste from households’ was 44.4% in 2020. In 2020-21, the 'household' recycling rate for Leicestershire County Council was 43.3%, and for Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council was 44.8%. However please note that as they are measured differently, the harmonised measure and local recycling rates are not directly comparable.