Food: Crime
(asked on 4th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on Elliott Review, what budget the Food Crime Unit will be allocated for (a) setting up and (b) operating in financial years (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
This question was answered on 9th September 2014
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) advises that the set up and operating costs will be resourced from the FSA’s operating budget. The FSA has committed to a review of likely future needs after two years. The Elliott report estimates that the Food Crime Unit will cost between £2-4 million per year. It is too early to predict exact costs at this stage.