Question follow-through · 19823
Department for Work and Pensions: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Yes, the DWP does monitor the amount of food waste generated across the estate on a site-by-site monthly basis with the data being provided by its facilities management company.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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