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Hospitals: Food

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 47971

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in hospitals.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Data on the amount of halal food served in the National Health Service is not collected centrally. No estimate has been made of the proportion of halal food served in hospitals.

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