United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 65616
Prisons: Food
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7 July 2025
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15 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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7 July 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
15 July 2025
Answer
As 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-07/65616
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1820442
- uk · wq-1820442 · source updated 15 July 2025