Prisons: Food

(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract between his Department and BFS Group Ltd for the supply of food to prisons in England and Wales, what proportion of raw poultry used by BFS Group in the service of that contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 was sourced from within the UK.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 11th May 2023

The HMPPS food contract purchased 1,228,106.40 kg of Raw poultry in 2022-23 with 99.40% being sourced from UK suppliers.

VOLUME KG

% of Volume

TOTAL

1,228,106.40

UK

1,220,693.77

99.40%

EU

7,412.63

0.60%

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