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Written Question
Public Sector: Food
Friday 4th February 2022

Asked by: Lord Oates (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend Cabinet Office Public Procurement Note (PPN) 6/21 reporting so that (1) public sector suppliers report on their food waste, and (2) they encourage the private sector to adopt this approach.

Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

In the Resources and Waste Strategy, the government committed to consult on introducing mandatory reporting of food waste by certain businesses of an appropriate size. This builds on a voluntary approach to measuring food waste set out in WRAP delivered Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.

A consultation on this will be launched in 2022 alongside the Food Strategy White Paper.


Written Question
Ministerial Policy Advisers
Wednesday 6th January 2016

Asked by: Lord Oates (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total annual cost of the ministerial special advisers, including members of the Council of Economic Advisers, who were in post on 1 September.

Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley

Information on the cost of special advisers, which I have attached for information, was published on 17 December on gov.uk.