Departmental Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruit procured by his Department that was produced in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (300182)

The proportion of food procured by the Department during 2008-09 which was produced in the UK was as follows:

		Percentage
(a)	Lamb	100
(b)	Beef	100
(c)	Chicken	100
(d)	Pork	95
(e)	Turkey	100
(f)	Other meats	0

(g)	Vegetables
	Ware potatoes—whole, unprepared	90
	Processed potatoes—whole, prepared	90
	Root vegetables and onions	90
	Brassicas	90
	Legumes	90
	Protected vegetables—e.g. tomatoes	80
	Other vegetables—e.g. asparagus	85

(h)	Fruit
	Orchard fruit	75
	Soft fruit	70

Volume 501: debated on Tuesday 24 November 2009