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
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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
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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
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- 2026-03-11 17:17:38 +0000
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