Written questions

Food: Prices

Lords · Question HL10837 · Tabled 6 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Rogan

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of food inflation on household budgets.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 15 Oct 2025

UK consumer food prices depend on a range of factors including agri-food import prices, domestic agricultural prices, domestic labour and manufacturing costs, and Sterling exchange rates. Changes in food prices are dependent on changes in one or more of t...