Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75933

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flags

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 24 September 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days the Union Flag was flown on his Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra follows Government guidance which sees a Union Flag flying daily at the main sites which have the facility to do so.