Wheat: Imports
Commons · Question 34552 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Charlie Maynard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce UK reliance on imported wheat for milling.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 Mar 2025
British farmers are world-leaders and know their own land best - carefully planning their planting to suit the weather, their soil type, and their long-term agronomic strategy. Harvested production of wheat in 2023 was just under 13.9 million tonnes, whic...