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

LabourSheffield 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 Hodgson
The 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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