Written Question·Treasury·UIN 34554

Food: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Charlie Maynard

Liberal DemocratWitney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support food manufacturing sites with (a) energy costs and (b) business rates.

Answer

James Murray
This Government has a cast iron commitment to food production. We have committed £5 billion over this year and next to the farming and countryside programme which includes the largest ever amount for sustainable food production. We have also committed to ...

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