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Food Poverty

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 5 March 2026UIN 116896

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what indicators her department uses to assess progressive realisation of access to adequate, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food; and whether she plans to publish a consolidated framework for measuring outcomes related to the right to food.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra publishes the triennial UK Food Security Report, which contains data on household food security including accessibility, affordability and dietary patterns. The next report will be published in 2027. In the intervening years, the UK Food Security Digest also covers household food security in a more condensed form.

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