| Heading: |
Food Banks |
| Question ID: |
1798236 |
| UIN: |
49036 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4742 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Stuart Anderson
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| Asking Member handle: |
_AndersonStuart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_AndersonStuart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help retailers distribute surplus food to local charities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1579 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mary Creagh
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| Answering Member handle: |
marycreagh_
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@marycreagh_
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises the environmental, economic and social benefits of preventing food waste and redistributing surplus. Defra's Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy encourages food businesses, including retailers, to prioritise redistribution of any surp... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |