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UIN 141228
Food Supply: Ukraine
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16 March 2022
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24 March 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the UK's agricultural sector is able to support supply in the event of a possible shortage in grain as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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16 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the UK's agricultural sector is able to support supply in the event of a possible shortage in grain as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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24 March 2022
Answer
The UK is highly self-sufficient with 88% of cereals consumed in the UK in 2020 produced domestically. Since 2015, wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine have never accounted for more than 0.5% of domestic supply. Therefore, the risk of a shortage of cerea...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-16/141228
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1451951
- uk · wq-1451951 · source updated 24 March 2022