Food: Public Sector
Commons · Question 65607 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of British-grown food procured by the public sector.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 15 Jul 2025
The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The new national procurement policy statem...