Question follow-through · 96001
Food: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce inflation in the prices of food.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 1 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce inflation in the prices of food.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government has announced a Food Inflation Gateway to assess and monitor regulation that could add to food prices. This will improve coordination and give food businesses a clear line of sight on upcoming regulatory changes, helping to keep costs downT...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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