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Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that at least half of all food purchased by the public sector is locally-produced and sustainable.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
19 Dec 2024
Answer
19 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that at least half of all food purchased by the public sector is locally-produced and sustainable.

  2. 19 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government continues to have an ambition for half of all food supplied into the public sector to be sourced locally or certified to higher environmental standards, whilst being in line with WTO and domestic procurement obligations. Defra continues to ...

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