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

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on procuring more locally produced foods for schools, prisons, and hospitals.

The Government is currently assessing the food that the public sector currently buys, specifically its provenance and the standards it conforms to. In due course, this will enable us to determine the extent to which public sector settings are serving food from local producers and what more can be done.