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

To the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish a report on UK food security on an annual basis.

Recognising the importance of food security, in the Agriculture Act 2020 the Government made a commitment to produce an assessment of our food security at least once every three years.

The first UK Food Security Report was published in December 2021. It recognised the contribution made by British farmers to our resilience, and the importance of strong domestic production to our food security. It considered the UK's food supply sources overall, noting that domestic production and diversity of supply are both important to our food security.

The next report is due to be published in 2024.

We continue to keep the market situation under review through the UK Agriculture Market Monitoring Group, which monitors UK agricultural markets including price, supply, inputs, trade and recent developments. We have also increased our engagement with industry to supplement our analysis with real time intelligence.