Food: Cost of Living

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) using and (b) delivering surplus food to tackle the effect of rising food bills on households during the cost of living

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1. 25 October 2022

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) using and (b) delivering surplus food to tackle the effect of rising food bills on households during the cost of living

   Source: Commons

2. 2 November 2022

   Answer

   The amount of surplus food redistributed in 2021 was over 106,000 tonnes, worth over £330 million and the equivalent of over 253 million meals. Since UK-level data was first reported in 2015, overall levels of redistribution have increased over three-fold...

   Source: Written answer

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