Written questions

Food: Prices

Commons · Question 25481 · Tabled 21 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Coghlan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help reduce the cost of groceries.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 29 Jan 2025

This Government cares deeply about the cost of living and food security; therefore, it closely monitors food prices and the factors impacting them. After a period of high inflation experienced during 2022 and 2023, with a peak at over 19% in March 2023, y...