Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82608

Food: Prices

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle food price inflation.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra regularly engages with farmers, manufacturers and retailers to monitor the drivers of food price inflation and to encourage efficiency and fairness across the food supply chain. Alongside this, the department’s food strategy is developing policies t...

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