Question follow-through · 54796
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect the UK food supply in the event of a (a) cyber or (b) physical attack.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect the UK food supply in the event of a (a) cyber or (b) physical attack.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Food Sector is one of the UK's 14 Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Defra works closely with industry, the Cabinet Office and other Lead Government Departments (LGD) to monitor risks and ensure preparedness for, and response to, issues with th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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