Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120763
Food Standards Agency: Parliamentary Scrutiny
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Mr Clive Betts
Labour — Sheffield South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Food Standards Agency is subject to an appropriate level of Parliamentary scrutiny.
Answer
Mrs Sharon HodgsonThe Food Standards Agency (FSA) was established by the Food Standards Act 1999 as a non-ministerial Government department. The FSA is accountable to the Westminster Parliament, the Senedd, and the Northern Ireland Assembly through health ministers in Engl...
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