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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent price rises of food in supermarkets on progress towards implementation of recommendations made in the National Food Strategy July 2021.

The Government monitors consumer food prices using the Consumer Prices Index (including Housing Costs) CPIH. Food prices are set individually by businesses and it is not for the UK Government to set retail food prices nor to comment on day-to-day commercial decisions by companies.

Henry Dimbleby published his independent food review in July 2021. We are considering the review’s recommendations and will set out our plans shortly in the Government Food Strategy. We are committed to ensuring a healthier, more sustainable, more resilient, and more accessible food system that levels up our country.