Department for Education: Waste

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.


Answered by
Paul Waugh Portrait
Paul Waugh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 8th September 2026

The department does not monitor the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month. Separation of food waste sits under the contract the Government Property Agency has with its Workplace Service providers.

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