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514744

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Dairy Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of dairy products procured for his Department was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 35066 question first answered 29/04/2016 12:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514746

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for food procured for his Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such food was sourced from British producers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 35063 question first answered 29/04/2016 12:46:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514731

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for food with falsely-labelled ingredients in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p>Data is reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues; 23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>Data is also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 75 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/04/2016 12:42:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514787

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget was for food and drink procured for his departmental offices in Whitehall in each of the last three years; and what proportion of all food procured for his Department was sourced from British producers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a breakdown of expenditure on food and drink solely for the Department’s building in Whitehall. The Department has spent the following on food and drink procured for Departmental offices in each of the last three financial years:</p><p> </p><p>Financial year £</p><p>2013-14 193,591.20</p><p>2014-15 159,460.39</p><p>2015-16 118,364.32</p><p>These costs include the provision of refreshments for external meetings and visitors hosted in the Department's buildings. Departmental policy is not to provide refreshments for internal meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>52% of all food procured for the Department was sourced from British producers for the last reporting period, January to March 2016.</p><p>This figure is skewed by the considerable spend on non-indigenous products purchased including large volumes of coffee as well as rice, pasta, tea, bananas, citrus, and exotic fruits. In terms of primary products we can confirm that:</p><p>― 100% of Beef is sourced from the United Kingdom</p><p>― 100% of Chicken is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Lamb is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Pork is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Free Range Eggs are sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Milk is sourced from the UK</p><p>― 100% of Yoghurt is sourced from the UK</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/04/2016 12:39:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514788

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many food problems were reported through the Food Standards Agency website in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The total number of notifications received via the Food Standards Agency food.gov.uk online incident report form was:</p><p> </p><p>― 453 in 2015</p><p>― 366 in 2014</p><p>― 357 in 2013</p><p> </p><p>The majority of these notifications are from businesses and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/04/2016 12:42:57 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514813

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Dairy Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of dairy products procured for British prisons was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>As of March 2016, over 99% of UHT milk products used in prisons are being purchased from UK suppliers. From May 2017, the Ministry of Justice intends to make all contracts Bonfield Scorecard compliant, which includes focusing on the value of local production.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS do not keep a breakdown of expenditure for types of food purchased (i.e. dairy).</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/04/2016 13:50:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514816

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget was for food procured for prisons in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such food was sourced from British producers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>Expenditure on food for prisoners for the past three years was:</p><p>2012-13 - £59.6m</p><p>2013-14 - £55.1m</p><p>2014-15 - £54.1m</p><p> </p><p>In the period September 2015 to March 2016, 49% of the total expenditure was spent with British producers.</p><p> </p><p>As of March 2016, over 99% of UHT milk products used in prisons are being purchased from UK suppliers. From May 2017, the Ministry of Justice intends to make all contracts Bonfield Scorecard compliant, which includes focusing on the value of local production.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/04/2016 13:52:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith