Question follow-through · 95922
Food: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much new burdens funding she plans to allocate for food waste collections; and if she will (a) allocate that funding based on costs incurred by WCAs and (b) apply the New Burdens D
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 1 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Farms: Tenants · 12 Jan 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much new burdens funding she plans to allocate for food waste collections; and if she will (a) allocate that funding based on costs incurred by WCAs and (b) apply the New Burdens D
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
We have invested over £340 million to support waste collection authorities on weekly food collections. While local authorities will have the flexibility to deliver these reforms in the best way for their council areas and residents, we still expect them t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sugar Beet
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that farmers are protected from the monopsony sugar beet processor.
Veterinary Services
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce requirements for veterinary practices to display in-clinic and online information about ownership beyond listings on the RCVS website.
Farms: Tenants
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to review Farm Business Tenancy to enable longer leases, succession of tenancy and increases in security of tenure for tenant farmers.
Veterinary Services: Standards
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase participation in the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.
Veterinary Services: Nurses
23 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce statutory protection of the title “Registered Veterinary Nurse”.
Veterinary Services: Drugs
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's document entitled Guidelines and guidance on the responsible use of veterinary medicines, updated on 8 October 2024, what assessment she has made of
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 105030 on Farm Business Tenancy.
Wool
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help promote the use of British wool.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason her Department stopped availability of SFI GS4 (Legume and herb-rich swards); and what factors were taken into consideration when making this decision.
Food Supply: Weather
12 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) secure national food supply chains and (b) protect food security through mitigation of disruption caused by extreme weather in the context of
Sustainable Farming Incentive
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to written question 120134 answered on 16 March 2026, for what reason GS4 mix is no longer available to farmers.
Slaughterhouses: Demonstrations
22 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers on protests outside their members' premises.