Food: Public Sector
Commons · Question 20453 · Tabled 16 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that at least half of all food purchased by the public sector is locally-produced and sustainable.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 19 Dec 2024
The Government continues to have an ambition for half of all food supplied into the public sector to be sourced locally or certified to higher environmental standards, whilst being in line with WTO and domestic procurement obligations. Defra continues to ...