Question follow-through · 96674
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans does the Government have to reduce food waste in the public sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans does the Government have to reduce food waste in the public sector.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Dec 2025
Answer published
Defra's Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy outlines how all businesses, including those which supply the public sector, should deal with food surplus and waste, preventing food surplus where possible and redistributing any surplus should it arise. Defra funds...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Zoos: Energy
4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of commercial energy costs on Zoos in England, such as Chester and Blackpool Zoos.
Batteries: Waste Disposal
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with waste disposal plant operators on the risk of fire in facilities from disposable items with batteries, such as vape products.
Agriculture: Cooperatives and Mutual Societies
25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of agricultural co-operatives and mutuals.