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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Taxation

Asked by Lorraine BeaversLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 18 June 2025UIN 58487

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his policies of the recent tax introduced in France on industrial emissions of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances into the environment and (b) merits of introducing similar measures in the UK.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Defra continues to work closely with the other Government Departments, regulators, and the Devolved Governments to assess levels of PFAS occurring in the environment, their sources and their potential risks, in order to inform policy and regulatory approaches. Consideration of other countries’ plans can be helpful in informing the UK's management and regulation of PFAS.

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