Question follow-through · 26490
Department for Transport: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her 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 Transport
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 7 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
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
Where the Department for Transport has responsibility for waste management at a building/site, food waste is monitored on a monthly basis.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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