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Food: Procurement

Commons · Question 54524 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Katie Lam

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the food procured by public sector bodies in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Weald of Kent constituency is from British farms.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 Jun 2025

The previous Government did not hold information about where the food served by public bodies comes from. However, at January’s Oxford Farming Conference, it was announced that, for the first time ever, the Government would monitor just that. The initial ...