Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England

Published by:: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Last updated:: 31 July 2025
Topic:: Government
Licence:: Open Government Licence

Summary

These datasets provide the information submitted to government about single-use carrier bag charging in England, including the number and proceeds of single-use plastic carrier bags issued and charged for by retailers. It includes mandatory data on bags sold under the charge and voluntary data submitted by retailers on any proceeds donated to good causes. Further commentary on the latest data can be found in the most recent Carrier bag charge: summary of data in England publication on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england.

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Download Single use plastic carrier bag England key figures 2016-17 to 2024-25 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	31 July 2025	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England key figures 2016-17 to 2024-25', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2024-25 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	31 July 2025	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2024-25 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2024-25 , Format: XLSX, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLSX	31 July 2025	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2024-25 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	31 July 2025	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2024-25', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2024-25 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	31 July 2025	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2023-24 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	19 September 2024	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2023-24 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2023-24 , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	19 September 2024	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2023-24 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	19 September 2024	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2023-24', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2023-24 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	19 September 2024	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2022-23 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	27 July 2023	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2022-23 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2022-23 , Format: XLSX, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLSX	27 July 2023	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2022-23 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	27 July 2023	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2022-23', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2022-23 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	27 July 2023	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2021-22 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	28 July 2022	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2021-22 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2021-22 , Format: XLSX, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLSX	28 July 2022	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2021-22 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	28 July 2022	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2021-22', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2021-22 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	28 July 2022	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2020-21 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	30 July 2021	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2020-21 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2020-21 , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	30 July 2021	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2020-21 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	30 July 2021	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2020-21', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2020-21 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	30 July 2021	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2019-20 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	29 July 2020	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2019-20 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2019-20 , Format: XLSX, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLSX	29 July 2020	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2019-20 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	29 July 2020	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2019-20', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2019-20 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	29 July 2020	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2018-19 metadata and notes , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	29 July 2019	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bags England 2016-17 to 2018-19 metadata and notes', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2018-19 , Format: XLSX, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLSX	29 July 2019	Not available
Download Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2018-19 , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	29 July 2019	Preview CSV 'Single use plastic carrier bag England data 2016-17 to 2018-19', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single use plastic carrier bag charge England methodological summary 2018-19 , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	29 July 2019	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-18) metadata , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	24 July 2018	Preview CSV 'Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-18) metadata', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-18) , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	24 July 2018	Preview CSV 'Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-18)', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-18) , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	24 July 2018	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England methodological summary (2017-18) , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	24 July 2018	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England methodological summary (2016-17) , Format: PDF, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	PDF	18 July 2017	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England metadata (2015-16) , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	17 July 2017	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2015-16) , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	17 July 2017	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England metadata (2015-16) , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	17 July 2017	Preview CSV 'Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England metadata (2015-16)', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2015-16) , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	17 July 2017	Preview CSV 'Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2015-16)', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England metadata (2016-17) , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	17 July 2017	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-17) , Format: XLS, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	XLS	17 July 2017	Not available
Download Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-17) , Format: CSV, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	CSV	17 July 2017	Preview CSV 'Single-use plastic carrier bags charge, England data (2016-17)', Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England
Download Link to statistical notice on Gov.UK , Format: HTML, Dataset: Single-use plastic carrier bags charge data for England	HTML	17 July 2017	Not available

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