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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of lost income from recycling credits from the introduction of the deposit return scheme in October 2027 on local authority budgets.

The impact of DRS on local authorities was considered as part of the Final Impact Assessment (The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024) The government is continuing to assess the impacts of the Deposit Return Scheme on local authorities, including any changes in income from diverted recyclable material and associated savings.