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Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has she made in ensuring that 50% of food across the public sector is UK-sourced.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
15 May 2026
Target answer date
19 May 2026
Answer
28 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has she made in ensuring that 50% of food across the public sector is UK-sourced.

  2. 19 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2026

    Answer published

    A new national procurement policy statement was published which sets expectations for government contracts to favour products certified to high environmental standards that British producers are well-placed to meet. Given the limited information on the or...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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