| Heading: |
Food: Waste |
| Question ID: |
1751362 |
| UIN: |
HL3590 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4704 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Boycott
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Boycott
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have estimated what proportion of food being sent to anaerobic digestion plants that is edible and fit for human consumption. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
The Government does not collect data on the proportion of edible food waste sent to anaerobic digestion plants. This Government will work with business to drive down food waste and make sure food is put on the plates of those in greatest need. We continue... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |