Written questions

Food: Waste

Lords · Question HL3592 · 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, for each of the most recent five years for which data are available, what was the total amount of public expenditure that has been allocated to companies or charities for the purposes of (1) anaerobic digestion and (2) red

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 6 Jan 2025

Over the last 7 years, the department has spent approximately £13 million of funding on supported redistribution organisations across the country. This year, under the new Government, Defra announced £15 million to ensure that farm produce that would ofte...