PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food Supply (30 October 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)
Answer
In 2023, 58% of domestic consumption came from UK production (based on unprocessed value at farmgate), 24% from the European Union and the remaining 18% from the rest of the world. Data for 2024 will be published in Defra's ‘Agriculture in the United Kingdom’ report in mid-2025.
Answered by:
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
5 November 2024
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