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Food Supply

Commons · Question 65748 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

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Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64014 on Food Supply, by what metrics his Department (a) measures and (b) forecasts annual domestic food production.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 23 Jul 2025

Defra produces a comprehensive set of metrics to measure annual domestic food production but does not produce forecasts of domestic food production. These statistics cover a wide range of indicators, including: Arable & Horticultural crop areasCrop yi...