Food

Tim Farron
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department’s premises in the last 12 months.

Mr. Hoon
Within the Department for Transport, on-site catering services are only available at the Department’s main headquarters building in London, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) sites in Swansea, the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) residential training facility in Bedfordshire and at the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) HQ in Bristol.

The requested information is not recorded at our London HQ nor is it recorded at the VOSA HQ in Bristol or at the DVLA sites in Swansea. The DSA estimates that in the last 12 months it has disposed of 1,200 kg of waste food.