Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116894

Nutrition

Tabled: 2 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what indicators his department uses to assess the impact of access to adequate, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food on health outcomes; and whether he plans to publish a consolidated framew

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) assess the level of food insecurity in the population. The FSA refers to the 1996 World Food Summit definition that “Food security exists when all people, at all tim...

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