Food: Academies
Commons · Question 1404 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 May 2026
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether academies and free schools will be classed as public settings for the purpose of the Government's ambition that half of all food served in public settings is either locally sou
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 May 2026
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. Approximately half the £4.9bn annual spend...