Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 11996

Food Supply

Tabled: 30 October 2024

Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

In 2023, 58% of domestic consumption came from UK production (based on unprocessed value at farmgate), 24% from the European Union and the remaining 18% from the rest of the world. Data for 2024 will be published in Defra's ‘Agriculture in the United King...

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