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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to measure progress on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 on food insecurity in the UK.

The Office for National Statistics recently carried out a consultation and will use the results to help shape the Government’s approach to monitoring and reporting UK progress against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Government is committed to achieving the principles set out in SDG2: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”.

Within Defra, we have recently commenced a review of the UK Food Security Assessment, to update and refresh the suite of indicators within it. It is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of food security, including household food security.