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1038912

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of fresh, frozen, and chilled food warehousing space should imported food be delayed as a consequence of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security built upon a diverse range of sources, and this will continue to be the case whether we leave the EU with or without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry to mitigate disruption across the supply chain, and we are using these to support preparations for leaving the EU. Consumers will continue to have access to a range of different products.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/01/2019 12:14:42 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1038914

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date any necessary new IT import notification system for food imports when the UK leaves the EU will be fully operational.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL12751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>A new system for imports notification is in the final stages of development and is being tested over the next few weeks. We are working to deliver this system for the end of March and, subject to successful testing, it will be made available initially to long-distance importers from early February.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 22/01/2019 15:56:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1020314

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a reduction in ferry services between Dover and Calais on the import of perishable goods, including food supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Extensive work to prepare for a ‘no deal’ scenario has been under way for almost two years and we are taking necessary steps to ensure trade flows continue to operate smoothly from the day we leave the EU. We want to see cross-Channel trade continue to move as freely as possible but it is right that as a responsible government we also work on a range of contingency plans to deal with any disruption.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Transport is working closely with the Border Delivery Group to ensure a joint understanding of the possible impacts on ports and airports throughout the country of the UK’s departure from the EU in a number of scenarios. This work is informing local resilience planning and involving national Government bodies where needed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry to mitigate disruption, and we will be using these to support preparations for leaving the EU. Consumers will continue to have access to a range of different products.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/12/2018 12:54:41 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1015858

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have prepared for householders on the availability of food supplies previously imported from the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL11855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security as shown by the UK Security Assessment. This is built on access to diverse sources of supply, including our excellent domestic production. Consumers will continue to have a wide choice of food after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>While we are making sensible preparations for all eventualities as we leave the EU, there are no plans for the Government to store food.</p><p> </p><p>Defra recently published a series of Technical Notices outlining preparations in the event of leaving the EU without a deal. This information can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL11856 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:39:15 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1015859

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have prepared for householders concerning stockpiles of non-perishable food in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL11856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security as shown by the UK Security Assessment. This is built on access to diverse sources of supply, including our excellent domestic production. Consumers will continue to have a wide choice of food after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>While we are making sensible preparations for all eventualities as we leave the EU, there are no plans for the Government to store food.</p><p> </p><p>Defra recently published a series of Technical Notices outlining preparations in the event of leaving the EU without a deal. This information can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL11855 question first answered 05/12/2018 16:39:15 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1002212

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the UK total food import expenditure is made up of items (1) finished in the EU, and (2) part-finished in the EU, which could be finished in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL11233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p><br></p><p>Defra does not hold the statistics required to answer this question. Overseas trade commodity data collected by HMRC does not include any details of where products are manufactured, or of any intermediate manufacturing processes.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/11/2018 17:48:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

972736

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether food imports from Least Developed Countries will have the same food safety and animal welfare checks after Brexit as they currently do.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL10318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>When we leave the European Union (EU), we will maintain our current standards. We will keep our existing UK legislation, and the EU Withdrawal Act will transfer onto the UK statue book all EU food safety and animal welfare standards. Our current high standards, including import requirements, will apply when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 2017, the Government announced new support to help developing countries trade effectively, including funding for the WTO’s Standards and Trade Development Facility, which supports least developed countries to comply with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards for trade in agricultural and animal-related products.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/09/2018 11:35:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

820684

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of food consumed in the UK was imported in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, (6) 2015, and (7) 2017.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of food consumed that was imported is shown in the table below. Data is not yet available for 2017. The latest figures are for 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Origins of domestic consumption 1990 – 2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1990</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full time series of data from 1988 and for all world regions is available in the Agriculture in the UK Chapter 14 data set on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 26/01/2018 11:34:55 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

820685

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of food consumed in the UK was imported from the EU in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, (6) 2015, and (7) 2017.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL4655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of food consumed that was imported from the EU is shown in the table below. Data is not yet available for 2017. The latest figures are for 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Origins of domestic consumption 1990 – 2016</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1990</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU <sup>(a)</sup></p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><p>Membership of the EU increased between 2002 and 2013, from 15 to 28 countries.</p><p><br></p><p> </p></li></ol><p>A full time series of data from 1988 and for all world regions is available in the Agriculture section of the UK Chapter 14 data set on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>Note that the origins of domestic consumption figures are not the same as the production to supply ratio (sometimes referred to as self-sufficiency). In 2016 the UK production to supply ratio for all food was 60%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 23/01/2018 16:09:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

803026

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all local authorities in the UK have reported to HM Government that they are prepared and resourced to take on responsibility for food safety and phytosanitary checks as part of clearance processes at UK ports after March 2019; and if not, which have not so reported.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra is working with the Food Standards Agency to look at the future arrangements for sanitary checks on imports of animal products to the UK after March 2019. As part of this we are working with a range of stakeholders, including local authorities, which are responsible for carrying out some of these checks along with other delivery bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to get the best deal for Britain when leaving the EU and through our new relationship with the EU we are aiming to achieve the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and the EU. The precise nature of our future relationship with the EU is still to be determined and is the subject of negotiation. Discussion on the sanitary and phyto-sanitary conditions that will be applicable to trade in animal and plant products will form part of these negotiations. Negotiations between the UK and the EU have so far been limited to the withdrawal arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/12/2017 16:36:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours