Written questions

Food: Waste

Commons · Question 33530 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on (a) access to healthy foods, (b) sustainability targets, (c) expenditure

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 20 Mar 2025

The consultation stage Impact Assessment considered the potential impacts of mandatory food waste reporting on large food businesses. Furthermore, when businesses reduce their food waste, we expect to see progress towards sustainability targets and increa...