Question follow-through · 119283
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of food waste reduction initiatives on household food costs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of food waste reduction initiatives on household food costs.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
58% of the food that is wasted in the UK is wasted in our homes, almost three quarters of which (73%) is edible. This food has a value of around £17 billion, which is around £80 per month or £1,000 per year for the average family with children. This Gover...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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