{"value":{"id":1458024,"askingMemberId":4518,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-04-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-04-20T00:00:00","uin":"154241","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a legal obligation on retailers to donate all revenues raised from the plastic bag levy to charitable causes.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4380,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-04-25T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>No assessment has been made. Retailers have donated nearly £190 million to good causes from the charge since its introduction and the number of bags sold by the main retailers in England has fallen by 95%. Defra publishes a summary of data that includes the amounts of money given to good causes: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1458024","method":"GET"}]}