Consultation outcome

Single use carrier bags: extending and increasing the charge

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 27 December 2018
• Last updated: 31 August 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Summary of responses and government response

PDF, 324 KB, 43 pages

Detail of outcome

We received 583 responses to this consultation. As a result of this consultation we will extend the single-use carrier bag charge to all businesses in England supplying goods and increase the minimum mandatory charge from 5p to 10p.

The extension and increase of the charge will enter into force in April 2021.

Detail of feedback received

14 June 2019: We received a high volume of responses to this consultation. We are currently considering these views and expect to publish the summary of responses together with the government response soon.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on extending and increasing the single use carrier bag charge as part of our commitment in the 25 Year Environment Plan.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
27 December 2018 to 11:45pm on 22 February 2019

Consultation description

We want your views on our proposal to extend and increase the carrier bag charge. The proposals include:

• extending the charge to include all retailers (with no reporting requirements for small and medium businesses)
• increasing the charge to 10p
• requiring producers of single use carrier bags to report how much they sell
• removing the exemption at security restricted areas in airports

Published 27 December 2018
Last updated 31 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 31 August 2020

   Added the summary of responses and government response.

2. 14 June 2019

   Added a note to indicate that we are still analysing the responses and will publish a response soon.

3. 27 December 2018

   First published.