Written questions

Food: Waste

Lords · Question HL3589 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Boycott

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential merits of aligning subsidies paid out of public expenditure with the food waste hierarchy statutory guidance.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 6 Jan 2025

The Government has not made any assessment of aligning subsidies with the food waste hierarchy guidance. Our priority is to prevent food waste occurring in the first instance, this is in line with the food waste hierarchy. Where waste cannot be prevented,...