Government Departments: Catering
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 50256 on Farms: Lancashire, what steps he plans to take to ensure that British produce is prioritised in catering contracts; and whether this will include steps to support local farms in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
The national procurement policy statement sets out requirements for Government contracts, including food, and favouring high-quality products that we believe British producers, including those in Fylde, and Lancashire more broadly, are well-placed to supply. This will aid our ambition for half of food supplied into public sector catering to be from local producers or those certified to higher environmental standards.
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