Written questions

Food: Public Sector

Commons · Question 78169 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75965 on Food: Public Sector, what her Department's planned timetable is for reviewing food purchased by the public sector; and

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Oct 2025

The Government is currently assessing what food the public sector buys and where it comes from. This will enable us to determine the extent to which public sector organisations are buying food from British producers, providing a baseline with which to mea...