Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the UK Food Security Assessment; and if he will make it his policy to measure and monitor household food insecurity in the UK more regularly.

We have just commenced a review of the UK Food Security Assessment. The Food Security Assessment analyses the different national and global factors impacting on UK food supply. It is a comprehensive piece of work, covering all aspects of food security, including UK household food security. The Government has committed to reviewing this assessment.

The annual ONS Living Costs and Food Survey (LCFS) includes questions on household spend on food, including that of the lowest 20% income households, which has remained constant between 16% and 16.5% for a number of years.