Nutrition
Commons · Question 116894 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what indicators his department uses to assess the impact of access to adequate, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food on health outcomes; and whether he plans to publish a consolidated framew
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 16 Mar 2026
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) assess the level of food insecurity in the population. The FSA refers to the 1996 World Food Summit definition that “Food security exists when all people, at all tim...