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date	12/12/2023
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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure food is affordable in winter 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	6566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>October 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) food price inflation reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) was 10.1%, down from 12.1% in September 2023 and the lowest figure since June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Overall CPI inflation dropped to 4.6% in October from 6.7% in September 2023. This is now under half the overall rate recorded by ONS at the start of the year.</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><p> </p><p>Retailers have introduced incentives for customers, such as new reward cards offering discounts on products or 'cashback' on future purchases. A number of stores are also offering meal deals either in store or within their cafes to help vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing significant support over this year and next – worth on average £3,300 per household – which includes direct cash payments to the most vulnerable households, as well as uprating benefits and the state pension by 10% in April.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 18/12/2023 13:53:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

754570

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date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Department are paid more than £150,000.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	6566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of male and female staff on DCMS’ payroll paid more than £150,000 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paid more than £150,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/09/2017 15:16:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

389528

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	Landfill
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 plans she has to reduce the amount of waste that goes in to landfill.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	6566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Delivering a more resource efficient, sustainable and circular economy is essential if we are to continue to maximise the opportunities for economic and environmental growth and protect human health. We want to make the best use of materials and resources, keeping them in circulation by maximising the lifetime and value of our products, improving resource productivity and preventing and dealing with waste and recycling properly. This includes moving away from landfill to more environmentally beneficial and higher value uses. Landfill tax is the main driver in diverting residual waste from landfill and is currently £82.60 per tonne. Defra is also investing £3 billion in a number of Local Authority projects through Waste Infrastructure Credits. This is contributing towards the reduction of waste sent to landfill, promoting renewable energy, recycling and stimulating growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/07/2015 14:38:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman