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1625250

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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, how much of his Department's budget was spent on food in prisons in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the food supplied to prisons in each of those years was produced by UK farmers.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	183343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The spending information is not collected centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. Prison food budgets are determined locally (by the Governor in public sector prisons, or the Director in privately managed prisons) and kept under review as part of normal budget allocation planning.</p><p> </p><p>While the contract requires our food supplier to provide a monthly country of origin report, it is not possible from this to disaggregate supply from British farming.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/05/2023 16:50:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1625276

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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, with reference to the contract between his Department and BFS Group Ltd for the supply of food to prisons in England and Wales, what proportion of raw poultry used by BFS Group in the service of that contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 was sourced from within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The HMPPS food contract purchased 1,228,106.40 kg of Raw poultry in 2022-23 with 99.40% being sourced from UK suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>VOLUME KG</p></td><td><p>% of Volume</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>1,228,106.40</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>1,220,693.77</p></td><td><p>99.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>7,412.63</p></td><td><p>0.60%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:49:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1625277

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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, with reference to the contract between his Department and BFS Group Ltd for the supply of food to prisons in England and Wales, what proportion of eggs used by BFS Group in the service of that contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 were (a) free range eggs, (b) barn eggs and (c) colony-laid eggs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The HMPPS Food supply contract supplied eggs in the following volumes for 2022-2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VOLUME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL EGGS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,109,080.00 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FREE RANGE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 432,360.00 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.55%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>COLONY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8,676,720.00 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95.25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>During this time, some free-range eggs may have been housed in barns due to the Avian Influenza regulation requirements but not purchased as Barn eggs.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:53:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1625278

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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, with reference to the contract between his Department and BFS Group Ltd for the supply of food to prisons in England and Wales, what proportion of eggs used by BFS Group in the service of that contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 were sourced from within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>100% of eggs supplied by BFS Group in the service of HMPPS food contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 were sourced from within the UK.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VOLUME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL Eggs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,109,080.00 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,109,080.00 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.00%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EU</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> - </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.00%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/05/2023 08:37:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1461856

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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, if he will make assessment of the need to review diets and meals provided to prisoners on the prison estate to help ensure high nutritional provision and reduced use of processed foods.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Prison Rules require that prisoners are provided with meals that are wholesome, nutritious, well prepared, reasonably varied and sufficient in quantity. All meals take religious, cultural and medical requirements into account and are informed by Government guidance on eating a healthy diet.</p><p> </p><p>We are working in partnership to review menus across the public sector estate, with 2,600 recipes being improved, removing unhealthy choices while ensuring religious, cultural and nutritional requirements continue to be met.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/05/2022 11:06:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1151165

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of food served in English prisons is (a) organic, and (b) locally sourced; and what plans they have, if any, to increase that percentage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) purchase food commodities for prisoner and staff meals from a national food contract currently held by Bidfood UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS does not require its supplier to provide figures relating to the percentage of organic and locally produced products provided to prisons through this contract. However, the contract was one of the first to adopt and implement the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)’s Plan for Public Procurement: Food &amp; Catering. Regular scrutiny and reporting of the contract shows that the level of UK sourced commodities purchased is 52% (Country of Origin) and the level of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) provision is over 60%. Bidfood UK are committed to increasing the percentage of UK sourced products.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/10/2019 17:36:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1064198

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of food per prisoner, per day, in prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL13845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) allocates food budgets to prisons based on £2.02 per prisoner per day, which covers the daily prisoner food and beverage requirements.</p><p>With increased responsibilities to Governors since April 2017, and devolved budgets to prisons, what is spent on food per prisoner per day and the breakdown per meals is ultimately a decision for each Governor and their catering team, and therefore individual prison food budgets may vary.</p><p>The food budget for prisoners within privately managed prisons is agreed in the contract between the provider and the Ministry of Justice, the details of which are commercially sensitive. This is reviewed regularly.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/03/2019 17:38:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott

1054741

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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 steps his Department is taking to secure the supply of food to prisons in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	216145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>In common with all Government Departments, the Ministry of Justice has considered what impacts there might be on its institutions of leaving the EU without a deal, including on prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations are underway to ensure we are ready for this scenario. This includes ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering a revised deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. It is the responsible thing to do. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a no deal scenario, all Government Departments are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts and to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/02/2019 14:52:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle