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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-07-04more like thismore than 2016-07-04
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Food: Procurement more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made on ensuring that government departments buy more British food. more like this
tabling member constituency Burton more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Griffiths more like this
uin 905732 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-07-07more like thismore than 2016-07-07
answer text <p>All fresh milk served in government establishments and more than 90% of butter and cheese served is made from British milk. This represents £11 million of business for British dairy farmers.</p><p>We are working with all central Departments to ensure their food and catering contracts comply with the balanced scorecard approach.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice recently launched a tender for supplying food to prisons, worth £500m, which requires bids to use the balanced scorecard. From April this year all 30 million portions of UHT milk supplied to prisons each year is 100% British milk. We are working with MoD to develop the best way to embed the balanced scorecard into their forthcoming contracts for the Armed Forces at home and abroad.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Norfolk more like this
answering member printed Elizabeth Truss remove filter
question first answered
less than 2016-07-07T16:51:12.75Zmore like thismore than 2016-07-07T16:51:12.75Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths more like this