Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What plans the Government has to reduce food waste by 20 per cent as recommended in the Committee on Climate Change's January 2020 report, Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK.”
Tabled: 3 February 2020Answered: 6 February 2020
Asked by
Wendy Chamberlain
Liberal Democrat — North East Fife
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Marsha De Cordova
When a church is closed, a formal legal process under the Mission and Pastoral Measure 2011 is followed. There are currently 127 cases in which a new use is being found for closed church buildings; only two are cleared sites, and they are waiting for disposal.