Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115607

Food: Public Sector

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Matt Western

LabourWarwick and Leamington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made in its target to deliver half of the food in the public sector from local and sustainable sources.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government remains committed to ensuring that at least half of public sector food is locally sourced or meets higher environmental standards within legal constraints. There is limited existing data about the origin and sustainability of food in the pu...

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