Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 65616
Prisons: Food
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of food served in prisons is sourced from British farms; and what plans she has to encourage more prisons to buy British produce.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinAs at May 2025, 56.1% of food products sourced via the prisoner food contract and served in prisons is of British origin, however we do not hold a figure for farms specifically.The sourcing of products is managed through commercial food contracts which ar...
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