Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the average price differential between the retail price of British fruit and vegetables sold in the UK and the prices paid to UK-based primary producers for those products.

Defra has not made such an estimate. Defra does not collect commercial data specifically on the prices primary producers receive for these products. The Office for National Statistics does publish average retail prices for a selection of fruit and vegetables alongside its monthly consumer price inflation figures. However, these prices do not distinguish between home grown and imported products.