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Written question asked by James McMurdock (Independent (affiliation)) on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2026. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Food: Consumption

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of food consumed in the UK that was domestically produced in each of the last five years.

Answer

The proportion of UK food consumption that is domestically produced is shown in the below table, for the latest available years. This information is published annually in Defra’s Agriculture in the UK report.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

54%

58%

58%

58%

57%


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
118123
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Consumption Food
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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