The statutory requirement for complaints to be made to a Member of the House of Commons is longstanding and is consistent with the Ombudsman\u2019s accountability to Parliament.<\/p>
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The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.<\/p>
A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 24 February is <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Crown Commercial service agreement on Food and Drink, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of this framework on the proportion of public sector food supply that is locally produced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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attached.<\/del>attached and the completed answer will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.<\/ins><\/p>
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