Question follow-through · 9982

Droughts

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the impact of drought conditions on (a) the economy and (b) food supplies in each year since 2010.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 18 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 22 Oct 2024
Answer: 31 Oct 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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18 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the impact of drought conditions on (a) the economy and (b) food supplies in each year since 2010.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2024
Answer published
The UK agricultural sector is highly resilient and adaptable and operates in an open market with the value of commodities established by those in the supply chain. We have seen evidence of this particularly in recent years following global events such as ...

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