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date	03/05/2023
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on tackling food price increases in March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	183790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>Tackling inflation is this Government’s number one priority, with a plan to more than halve inflation this year.</p><p> </p><p>Farmers and growers across the UK are facing global challenges from Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, in addition to the unprecedented Avian Influenza outbreaks occurring across the world. We are undertaking a range of actions to respond to these global challenges, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Paying Direct Payments in England in two instalments each year to help farmers with their cashflow.</li><li>Improved the Avian Flu compensation scheme for farmers to help farmers through the worst global outbreak in many years and eased marketing rules to give certainty over business planning.</li><li>Removed 25% tariff on maize imports from the USA to help with feed costs</li><li>Introduced measures to help with global impacts on fertiliser supply chains including short term support to protect vital CO2 production</li></ul><ul><li>Announcing 45,000 seasonal workers visas for the horticulture industry (an uplift of 15,000 compared with the start of 2022) with scope for up to 10,000 more if there is clear evidence of need, so that labour is not a limiting factor.</li><li>Provided £168 million in grants to drive innovation, R&amp;D and improve productivity through greener equipment, robotics and automation.</li><li>Helping businesses with their costs through the Energy Bill Discount Scheme, business rates relief and extending the cut to fuel duty by 12 months, and small businesses will be fully protected from next year’s rise in corporation tax.</li><li>Provided 10,000 farmers with help and advice through the Future Farming Resilience Fund, which provides farmers with free advice to help farmers work out what to do for their business.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Further information on action we have taken to support our farmers and growers: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeframedia.blog.gov.uk%2F2023%2F02%2F21%2Four-record-on-farming-30-actions-we-have-taken-to-support-our-farmers-and-growers%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAFCSupplyChains%40defra.gov.uk%7Ceeb6355177d14491745d08db55653a9a%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638197665485996561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8yVgUcjX8AkgrvaGI7M5AkfJ%2BISphTEo3Zai0hEjRZg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Our record on farming: 30 actions we have taken to support our farmers and growers - Defra in the media (blog.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>On 11 May 2023, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury met supermarkets to discuss the cost of food, and the Chancellor is meeting them again shortly to discuss how we ensure that consumers have access to a range of affordable food, in recognition of the pressures that people and producers are feeling.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors all key agricultural commodities, so that we can work with the food industry to address the challenges they face.</p><p> </p><p>Through regular engagement, Defra will continue to work with food retailers and producers to explore the range of measures they can take to ensure the availability of affordable food. For example, by maintaining value ranges, price matching and price freezing measures.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 24/05/2023 16:26:01 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1523172

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of research by Kantar, published on 11 October 2022, on potential rises in the average annual grocery bill.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	64237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department understands the pressure that rising food prices place on household budgets and the impacts on businesses across the food chain. Recent cost pressures in supply chains have led to continued food price inflation and we continue to monitor food prices using inflation statistics published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>We recognise that most household grocery bills will have increased given the food price inflation reported since mid-2021. Defra analysis shows that the exact impact will vary depending on the characteristics of the individual household, such as the age of the occupants. The impact will also be determined by the products the individual household purchases and the measures taken to protect against increased costs - for instance, switching to own-brand or value products.</p><p>Food prices are set individually by businesses and are influenced by the competitive market they work in and the cost pressures they face. It is not for HM Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions by companies.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 20/10/2022 14:10:24 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1521246

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control inflation on food prices.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	62026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department understands the pressure that rising food prices place on household budgets and the impacts on businesses across the food chain. Recent cost pressures in supply chains have led to food price inflation and we continue to monitor food prices using inflation statistics published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>Food prices are set individually by businesses and are influenced by the competitive market they work in and the cost pressures they face. It is not for HM Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions by companies.</p><p>However, my Department continues to regularly engage with food retailers to explore ways in which they can support households by ensuring that affordable food remains available by, for example, maintaining value ranges, price matching, price freezing measures and the use of loyalty card offers.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 17/10/2022 15:46:22 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1455105

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken through the Spring Statement to tackle food inflation.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	148313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>As the global economy recovers from COVID-19, many economies are experiencing high inflation, in part due to pressures from rising energy and commodity prices, along with disruptions to global supply chains caused by a mismatch between elevated global demand and bottlenecks in supply as a result of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living as a result of high inflation, and that a range of factors mean individuals may experience cost rises differently. Including the measures announced in the Spring Statement, the Government is providing support to families worth over £22 billion in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/03/2022 15:02:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon