Percentages of each product type used by the Ministry of Justice that are produced in the UK are shown in the following table:
Reference Category MoJ MoJ-public sector prisons MoJ-private prisons Meat and poultry (a) Mutton and lamb 55 65 53 (b) Beef and veal 84 46 48 (c) Poultry meat 14 2 40 (d) Pork 70 18 36 (d) Bacon 4 0 28 Vegetables, salads and fruit (g) Ware potatoes—whole, unprepared 97 98 99 (g) Processed potatoes—for prepared both whole and cut 6 64 60 (g) Roots and onions, e.g. carrots, parsnips, onions, turnips and swedes 97 66 77 (g) Brassicas, e.g. Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower 80 55 78 (g) Legumes, e.g. beans (broad), beans (runner and dwarf), peas (green for market), peas (green for processing), peas (harvested dry) 74 1 24 (g) Protected vegetables, e.g. tomatoes (round, vine, plum and cherry), tomatoes (cold), cucumbers, lettuce, celery, sweet peppers 38 39 45 (g) Other vegetables, e.g. asparagus, celery, leeks, lettuce, watercress 75 18 56 (h) Orchard fruit, e.g. dessert apples, culinary apples, pears, plums 40 0 12 (h) Soft fruit, e.g. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blackcurrants 39 0 26
Ministry of Justice Number Public sector prisons 128 Private prisons 11 1 There are no food contracts.
This most recent information is contained in a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report for 2007-08 detailing the proportion of food grown or reared in the UK used by Whitehall Departments, including that supplied to public sector prisons in England and Wales under contracts negotiated by HM Prison Service, now part of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS).
A copy of this report was placed in the House of Commons Library. A copy can be obtained using the following link:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/policy/publicsectorfood/documents/psfpi-datareport081125.pdf