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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 243365, tabled on 10 April 2019

Question

Paul Farrelly
Labour
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on reducing food waste in schools throughout the UK.

Answer

Dr Thérèse Coffey
Conservative
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

Answered on

15 April 2019

In December 2018, the Government launched its Resources and Waste Strategy which sets out a new approach to address food waste from farm to fork. Within the food waste chapter, the Government committed to tackling food waste in schools. Through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) guidance will be developed and widely promoted.

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