Question follow-through · 26739

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bidfood

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
27 Jan 2025
Target answer date
29 Jan 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

  2. 29 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    In response to this question neither Defra of any of its agencies have any contracts with BFS Group or any of its subsidiaries.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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