Food Supply: Climate Change
(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk that climate change poses to the UK’s food security.
Answered by
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 15th October 2026
The UK Food Security Report 2024 showed that climate change has weakened food supply stability. Despite this, the UK continues to have a high degree of food security due to the continued resilience of our food production and global trading systems. Defra is investing in resilience; spending £200 million up to 2030 through the Farming Innovation Programme for short- and long-term resilience to our changing climate.