Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that deliveries of takeaway food to homes adhere to sufficient hygiene measures for the (1) preparation, and (2) delivery, of such food during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In response to these COVID-19 challenges, in August 2020 the Food Standards Agency launched the ‘Here to Help’ campaign to provide tailored guidance for small food businesses such as restaurants, takeaways and coffee shops, to outline changes to hygiene processes and requirements they must follow as they develop new ways of working. The Here to Help campaign aims to support businesses in getting this right, to ensure consumers continue to have access to food that is safe. Assessing whether food takeaway businesses comply with food law is the responsibility of local authorities.