Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118123
Food: Consumption
Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of food consumed in the UK that was domestically produced in each of the last five years.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe proportion of UK food consumption that is domestically produced is shown in the below table, for the latest available years. This information is published annually in Defra’s Agriculture in the UK report. 2020202120222023202454%58%58%58%57%