Question follow-through · 18858
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking with food retailers and charities to improve the use of real-time data to increase the redistribution of edible surplus food.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking with food retailers and charities to improve the use of real-time data to increase the redistribution of edible surplus food.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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21 Jul 2026
Answer published
In May, the Prime Minister committed to a national programme to redistribute surplus food to support those in need. Defra is working with food retailers, redistribution organisations, and charities to increase the redistribution of edible surplus food and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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