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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to assess the effect of the recent rise in food prices on the level of food insecurity in the UK.

The 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