Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing the rate of landfill tax beyond 2020 on stimulating innovation and investment in the waste and recycling supply chain.

The government announces the rates of Landfill Tax at least 2 years in advance to provide longer term certainty on rates. Autumn Budget 2017 outlined RPI increases in the rates of Landfill Tax for 2019-20.

Budget 2018 will announce the rates of Landfill Tax for the year 2020-21. Whether the rates for further years are announced alongside this will be decided as part of the Budget process, as will any potential changes in the rates. Assessments of the impacts of potential changes to the rates will be considered as part of the Budget process.