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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to A UK government food strategy for England, published on 15 July 2025, what progress has been made towards the Government's objective of reducing food waste, including the latest estimate of the amount of edible food being wasted in England.

The Government supports action to reduce food waste across the food industry through WRAP’s UK Food and Drink Pact and is working with stakeholders to develop a national endeavour to end avoidable food waste. Latest UK figures show households waste 4.4 million tonnes of edible food annually.