Question follow-through · 107845

Population: Food

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Department will make an estimate of the current UK population based on food consumption data.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
29 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Department will make an estimate of the current UK population based on food consumption data.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question’s of 22nd January is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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