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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory reporting of food waste in large retailer supply chains.

This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. The Government knows action needs to be taken across the supply chain and in households to address food waste and support WRAP and its work to drive down food surplus and waste in homes and businesses. Government continues to work with industry to identify opportunities that can drive both reductions in food waste and associated economic and environmental savings for businesses, this includes technological opportunities such as the use of artificial intelligence and continued consideration of the merit of mandatory food waste reporting.