Army: Food

(asked on 26th April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 12 April (HL7458), what daily amount of money has been allocated for food per serving British Army soldier stationed in barracks each year for the past 10 years.


Answered by
Baroness Goldie Portrait
Baroness Goldie
This question was answered on 28th April 2022

The daily amount allocated for food per serving British Army soldier stationed in UK barracks is calculated on a quarterly basis. This is called the Daily Food Charge (DFC).

The table below sets out the DFC that soldiers feeding in barracks pay for the three core meals in total. Figures are only available for the last seven years:

Month/Year

Daily Food Charge (DFC) per core meal

Oct-15

£4.80

Jan-16

£4.81

Apr-16

£4.82

Jul-16

£4.75

Oct-16

£4.91

Jan-17

£4.95

Apr-17

£4.99

Jul-17

£5.05

Oct-17

£4.95

Jan-18

£4.97

Apr-18

£4.87

Jul-18

£4.92

Oct-18

£5.26

Jan-19

£5.35

Apr-19

£5.35

Jul-19

£5.35

Oct-19

£5.35

Jan-20

£5.29

Apr-20

£5.45

Jul-20

£5.45

Oct-20

£5.45

Jan-21

£5.45

Apr-21

£5.61

Jul-21

£5.61

Oct-21

£5.61

Jan-22

£5.61

Apr-22

£5.61

Jul-22

£5.61

Oct-22

£5.61

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