Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32438

Food: Public Sector

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made towards his Department's target of 50% of food procurement in the public sector being locally sourced.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
At January’s Oxford Farming Conference, as part of the Government’s New Deal for Farmers, the Government announced a series of reforms, including, where possible, backing British produce. It was also announced that for the first time ever, the government ...

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