Question follow-through · 27228
Department of Health and Social Care: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the sections of the Department’s annual report covering Sustainability, and Greening Government, which cover the Department’s monitoring and performance across a range of environmental measures, including food waste.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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