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Department for Transport: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from.Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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