United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 49036
Food Banks
Introduced
29 April 2025
Last action
8 May 2025 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
8 May 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help retailers distribute surplus food to local charities.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
29 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help retailers distribute surplus food to local charities.
Source: Commons
8 May 2025
Answer
The Government recognises the environmental, economic and social benefits of preventing food waste and redistributing surplus. Defra's Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy encourages food businesses, including retailers, to prioritise redistribution of any surp...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-29/49036
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1798236
- uk · wq-1798236 · source updated 8 May 2025